| Scientific Name | Chamaecrista mimosoides (L.) Greene | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | FABACEAE | Synonyms | Cassia mimosoides L. | Common Names | Boesmanstee (a), Fishbone Dwarf Cassia (e), Imbubu (z), Umbonisela (z), Umnyana (x), Unobothungwana (z), Unobothungwana (x) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2017/09/27 | Assessor(s) | L. von Staden | Justification | Chamaecrista mimosoides is a widespread and common weedy species that is not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West | Range | This species is widespread across eastern South Africa, Lesotho and eSwatini (Swaziland), extending throughout tropical Africa to Asia. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Southern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland, Grahamstown Grassland Thicket, Northern Escarpment Afromontane Fynbos, Woodbush Granite Grassland, Eastern Free State Clay Grassland, Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland, Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland, Eastern Free State Sandy Grassland, Frankfort Highveld Grassland, Soweto Highveld Grassland, Tsakane Clay Grassland, Lydenburg Thornveld, Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, Sekhukhune Montane Grassland, East Griqualand Grassland, Mthatha Moist Grassland, Tsomo Grassland, Dry Coast Hinterland Grassland, Moist Coast Hinterland Grassland, Northern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Highland Thornveld, Income Sandy Grassland, Mooi River Highland Grassland, Midlands Mistbelt Grassland, Dwaalboom Thornveld, Northern Zululand Mistbelt Grassland, Vredefort Dome Granite Grassland, Kasouga Dune Thicket, Hamburg Dune Thicket, Maputaland Coastal Belt, Maputaland Wooded Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Grassland, Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Thornveld, Swamp Forest, Sand Forest, Amathole Montane Grassland, Northern Escarpment Dolomite Grassland, Vaal-Vet Sandy Grassland, Central Sandy Bushveld, Klerksdorp Thornveld, Western Highveld Sandy Grassland, Carletonville Dolomite Grassland, Bloemfontein Dry Grassland, Central Free State Grassland, Egoli Granite Grassland, Rand Highveld Grassland, Eastern Highveld Grassland, Paulpietersburg Moist Grassland, KaNgwane Montane Grassland, Barberton Montane Grassland, Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, Crocodile Gorge Mountain Bushveld, Pretoriuskop Sour Bushveld, Malelane Mountain Bushveld, Kaalrug Mountain Bushveld, Swaziland Sour Bushveld, Tembe Sandy Bushveld, Western Maputaland Sandy Bushveld, Western Maputaland Clay Bushveld, Makatini Clay Thicket, Northern Zululand Sourveld, Zululand Lowveld, Gauteng Shale Mountain Bushveld, Muzi Palm Veld and Wooded Grassland, Kuruman Vaalbosveld, Granite Lowveld, Tshokwane-Hlane Basalt Lowveld, Gabbro Grassy Bushveld, Tzaneen Sour Bushveld, Legogote Sour Bushveld, Phalaborwa-Timbavati Mopaneveld, Thukela Thornveld, KwaZulu-Natal Hinterland Thornveld, KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld, Eastern Valley Bushveld, Bhisho Thornveld, Maputaland Pallid Sandy Bushveld, Norite Koppies Bushveld, South Eastern Coastal Thornveld, Loskop Mountain Bushveld, Loskop Thornveld, Springbokvlakte Thornveld, Western Sandy Bushveld, Waterberg Mountain Bushveld, Limpopo Sweet Bushveld, Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld, Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld, Sekhukhune Plains Bushveld, Zeerust Thornveld, Makuleke Sandy Bushveld, Marikana Thornveld, Kuruman Thornveld, Moot Plains Bushveld, Gold Reef Mountain Bushveld, Mafikeng Bushveld, Kuruman Mountain Bushveld, Molopo Bushveld, Olifantshoek Plains Thornveld, Stella Bushveld, Kimberley Thornveld, Schmidtsdrif Thornveld, Ghaap Plateau Vaalbosveld, Andesite Mountain Bushveld, Dwarsberg-Swartruggens Mountain Bushveld | Description | It occurs in a wide variety of habitats, and is generally a weed of disturbed areas. |
Population | Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Chamaecrista mimosoides (L.) Greene | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography | Brummitt, R.K., Chikuni, A.C., Lock, J.M. and Polhill, R.M. 2007. Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae. In: J.R. Timberlake, G.V. Pope, R.M. Polhill and E.S. Martins (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 3 (Part 2):1-218. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Gordon-Gray, K.D. and Schorn, D.P.K. 1975. Studies in the genus Cassia in South Africa: 1. Taxonomic notes on species of the sub-genus Lasiorhegma, section Chamaecrista. Journal of South African Botany 41(3):133-162.
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.
Retief, E. and Herman, P.P.J. 1997. Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: keys and diagnostic characters. Strelitzia 6. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation | | von Staden, L. 2017. Chamaecrista mimosoides (L.) Greene. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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