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Crotalaria brevidens

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Internal ID UUID643fde177edc0578687536
Scientific name Crotalaria brevidens
Authority Benth.
First published in London J. Bot.2: 585 (1843)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Crotalaria purpureolineata Baker f. J. Linn. Soc., Bot.42: 329 (1914)
Crotalaria intermedia var. abyssinica Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Afrika: 247 (1892)
Crotalaria intermedia Kotschy Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl., Abt. 1, 50: 362 (1865)
Crotalaria albertiana Baker f. Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines23: 179 (1933)
Crotalaria intermedia var. dorumaensis (Wilczek) Polhill
Crotalaria intermedia var. parviflora (Baker f.) Polhill
Crotalaria intermedia var. abyssinica Taub. Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(3): 247 1892
Crotalaria brevidens var. intermedia (Kotschy) Polhill Kew Bull.22: 266 (1968)
Crotalaria intermedia f. sericocalyx Taub. & Baker f. J. Linn. Soc., Bot.42: 329 (1914)
Crotalaria brevidens var. dorumaensis (R.Wilczek) Polhill Kew Bull.22: 266 (1968)
Crotalaria intermedia var. dorumaensis R.Wilczek Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles23: 188 (1953)
Crotalaria brevidens var. parviflora (Baker f.) Polhill Kew Bull.22: 267 (1968)
Crotalaria intermedia var. parviflora Baker f. J. Linn. Soc., Bot.42: 328 (1914)

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Language Common/alternative name
English ethiopian rattlebox
English slenderleaf
French crotalaire
Swahili marejea

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Mozambique
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Nigeria
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Gabon
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Dominican Republic
      • Puerto Rico
    • Central America
      • Honduras
    • Western South America
      • Colombia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000209298
USDA Plants CRBR8
Tropicos 13029037
INPN 629451
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:487901-1
The Plant List ild-5531
Open Tree Of Life 245212
Observations.org 392579
NCBI Taxonomy 1132170
Nature Serve 2.128211
IPNI 487901-1
iNaturalist 161142
GBIF 2942220
EPPO CVTBD
EOL 690618
Elurikkus 338114
USDA GRIN 12296

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Scientific Literature Top

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Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Prospective Role of Indigenous Leafy Vegetables as Functional Food Ingredients Mungofa N, Sibanyoni JJ, Mashau ME, Beswa D Molecules 18-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9696032
doi:10.3390/molecules27227995
PMID:36432098
Exploring the Status of Preference, Utilization Practices, and Challenges to Consumption of Amaranth in Kenya and Tanzania Nyonje WA, Yang RY, Kejo D, Makokha AO, Owino WO, Abukutsa-Onyango MO J Nutr Metab 18-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9233608
doi:10.1155/2022/2240724
PMID:35761850
Potential Role of African Fermented Indigenous Vegetables in Maternal and Child Nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa Irakoze ML, Wafula EN, Owaga E Int J Food Sci 15-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8695012
doi:10.1155/2021/3400329
PMID:34957295
Dataset, including a photo-guide, of alien plants sold in traditional medicine markets and healthcare outlets in three South African cities, specifically by traders of Indian, West African, East African, and Chinese origin Williams VL, Burness A, Wojtasik EM, Byrne MJ Data Brief 21-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8479245
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2021.107395
PMID:34621926
Integrating Omics and Gene Editing Tools for Rapid Improvement of Traditional Food Plants for Diversified and Sustainable Food Security Kumar A, Anju T, Kumar S, Chhapekar SS, Sreedharan S, Singh S, Choi SR, Ramchiary N, Lim YP Int J Mol Sci 28-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8348985
doi:10.3390/ijms22158093
PMID:34360856
Conservation of Wild Food Plants and Their Potential for Combatting Food Insecurity in Kenya as Exemplified by the Drylands of Kitui County Mutie FM, Rono PC, Kathambi V, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 12-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC7464302
doi:10.3390/plants9081017
PMID:32806636
The Role of Vegetable Genetic Resources in Nutrition Security and Vegetable Breeding Ebert AW Plants (Basel) 11-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7357112
doi:10.3390/plants9060736
PMID:32545299
A Review of Indigenous Food Crops in Africa and the Implications for more Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems Akinola R, Pereira LM, Mabhaudhi T, de Bruin FM, Rusch L Sustainability 24-Apr-2020
PMCID:PMC7116648
doi:10.3390/su12083493
PMID:33520291
Combining food‐based dietary recommendations using Optifood with zinc‐fortified water potentially improves nutrient adequacy among 4‐ to 6‐year‐old children in Kisumu West district, Kenya Kujinga P, Borgonjen‐van den Berg KJ, Superchi C, ten Hove HJ, Onyango EO, Andang'o P, Galetti V, Zimmerman MB, Moretti D, Brouwer ID Matern Child Nutr 19-Sep-2017
PMCID:PMC6866207
doi:10.1111/mcn.12515
PMID:28925036
Transcriptome sequencing and marker development for four underutilized legumes Chapman MA Appl Plant Sci 10-Feb-2015
PMCID:PMC4332146
doi:10.3732/apps.1400111
PMID:25699221
A study of the medicinal plants used by the Marakwet Community in Kenya Kipkore W, Wanjohi B, Rono H, Kigen G J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 20-Feb-2014
PMCID:PMC3974104
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-10-24
PMID:24555424
Assessing Nutritional Diversity of Cropping Systems in African Villages Remans R, Flynn DF, DeClerck F, Diru W, Fanzo J, Gaynor K, Lambrecht I, Mudiope J, Mutuo PK, Nkhoma P, Siriri D, Sullivan C, Palm CA PLoS One 16-Jun-2011
PMCID:PMC3116903
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021235
PMID:21698127
Adoption of Moringa oleifera to combat under-nutrition viewed through the lens of the “Diffusion of Innovations” theory Thurber MD, Fahey JW Ecol Food Nutr 01-May-2009
PMCID:PMC2679503
doi:10.1080/03670240902794598
PMID:20161339

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