Leobordea platycarpa (Viv.) B.-E.van Wyk & Boatwr.
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Syn. Lotononis platycarpa (Viv.) Pic.Serm.(1950)
Fabaceae
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Morphological Description
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Description
Appressed-tomentose, annual herb. Leaves trifoliolate; leaflets 3-10 mm long, obovate-oblanceolate, obtuse-acute. Flowers about 7 mm long, yellow, subsessile in 1-6-flowered subumbellate inflorescence. Calyx 3-lobed, the lateral segments 2-fid and twice as long as the lower. Keel about 5.5 mm, longer than the standard and the wings. Pods oblong, 5-8 mm long, obtuse, usually not exceeding the persistent scarious calyx, up to 10-seeded.
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Description
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Habitat and Distribution
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Geographical Distribution Range
This Saharo-Arabian and Sudanian species is distributed from the African continent to Pakistan. For the Arabian Peninsula, it is native to Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the Gulf states.
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Ecology
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Phenology
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IUCN Red List Category
Not Evaluated
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Uses and Values
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Description of Traditional Uses
No specific documented uses were identified in accessible literature.
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Description of Traditional Uses
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