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Scientific Name | Crotalaria capensis Jacq. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Crotalaria capensis Jacq. var. obscura E.Mey., Crotalaria cecilaea I.Verd. |
Common Names | Cape Laburnum (e), Cape Rattle-pod (e), Eared Rattle-pod (e), Geelkeurtjie (a), Ihlolo Getyane (x), Kaapse Klapperpeul (a), Musumbudza-nduhu (v), Ubukheshezane (z), Wilde-ertjie (a), Yellow Pea (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/05/25 |
Assessor(s) | W. Foden & L. Potter |
Justification | Widespread, common and not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Western Cape |
Range | Widespread along the eastern Escarpment from the Soutpansberg through Swaziland to northern KwaZulu-Natal, where it extends further south along the coast to Knysna. It is also naturalized on the Cape Peninsula. Outside South Africa this species is widespread through Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe and southern Malawi. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Forest, Fynbos, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt |
Description | Variety of habitats including fynbos, thicket, grassland and forest margins. Persisting in disturbed places. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Crotalaria capensis Jacq. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Polhill, R.M. 1982. Crotalaria in Africa and Madagascar. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
Polhill, R.M. 2003. Crotalarieae. In: G.V. Pope, R.M. Polhill and E.S. Martins (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 3 (Part 7):55-228,233-246. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Foden, W. & Potter, L. 2011. Crotalaria capensis Jacq. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/23 |
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