Plant descriptions ²

Flowers with small, white petals 4 - 6 mm long; Ovary glabrous; Style c. 8 mm long; pinnae of the leaves with 4 - 7 pairs of leaflets (sometimes alternate); Fruit flat, very thin and papery, becoming dry and brittle when ripe, with a narrow ridge forming a line on both valves parallel to the upper margin, glabrous, indehiscent, with 1 or 2 (-3) seeds.

Elevation ²

Up to 600 m

Similar species ²

C. hildebrandtii is close to C. angolense from E Africa, but the latter has distinctly larger flowers with longer pedicel ( 4 - 11 mm) and yellow petals, and generally large fruit ( 85 - 145 mm long).

Référence ²

David Du Puy & al. 2002.- The Leguminosae of Madagascar. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Leonora Enking, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/33037982@N04/3466195121/
2. (c) Romer Rabarijaona, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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