Crotalaria spectabilis Roth

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Derivation of specific name: spectabilis: noteworthy, spectacular
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Literature:

Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Page 71.

Other sources of information about Crotalaria spectabilis:

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Flora of Malawi: cultivated Crotalaria spectabilis
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Crotalaria spectabilis

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Crotalaria spectabilis
African Plant Database: Crotalaria spectabilis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Crotalaria spectabilis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Crotalaria spectabilis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Crotalaria spectabilis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Crotalaria spectabilis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Crotalaria spectabilis
JSTOR Plant Science: Crotalaria spectabilis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Crotalaria spectabilis
Plants of the World Online: Crotalaria spectabilis
Tropicos: Crotalaria spectabilis
Wikipedia: Crotalaria spectabilis

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2007-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Mozambique: Cultivated Plants: Species information: Crotalaria spectabilis.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/cult/species.php?species_id=183300, retrieved 4 November 2025

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