Taxon:
Chamaecrista mimosoides (L.) Greene
Summary
Place of publication:
Pittonia 4:27. 1899
Verified:
02/19/1988
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976-. Flores des Mascareignes.
- George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
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- Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson. 1991. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist
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Common names
English
five-leaf cassia – Japanese-tea – India
patwa-ghas –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Chad | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Eastern Cape | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Free State | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Gauteng | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Limpopo | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Mpumalanga | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Northern Cape | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | North-West | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Benin | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Burkina Faso | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Côte D'Ivoire | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Gambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea-Bissau | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Liberia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mali | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mauritania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Niger | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Sierra Leone | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Togo | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Burundi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Gabon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Sao Tome and Principe | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Cambodia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Laos | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Papua New Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | n. |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | n. & e. |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Western Australia | n.e. |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | natzd. elsewhere |
Native
Africa
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North-West]
Asia-Temperate
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
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PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
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INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland (n. & e.), Western Australia (n.e.), Northern Territory (n.)]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | soil improver | fide Baileya 23:209. 1996; F Viti | Luckow, M. 1996. The cultivated species of Cassia, Senna, and Chamaecrista (Leguminosae). Baileya 23:209. |