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Accession Data:

Calpurnia aurea (Aiton) Benth.

  • Common Name: Calpurnia, Wild Laburnum
  • Family: Fabaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: South Africa - south-eastern Cape northwards to Ethiopia
  • Habitat: clearings of rain-forest and riverine forest; evergreen bushland

  • USDA Zone: 9-10

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201500122
  • Source: Annies Annuals
  • Accession Date: 09-11-2015
  • Bench: 1118 - AFR:Ground Bed 2 SW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 05-21-2021

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Fabales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • SubFamily: Faboideae
  • Tribe: Podalyrieae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Central African Republic / Zaire / Ethiopia / Somalia / Sudan / Kenya / Tanzania / Uganda / Angola / Mozambique / Zambia / Zimbabwe / Cape Provinces / KwaZulu-Natal / Swaziland / Northern Provinces / India

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 16 September 2015.
  2. Calpurnia aurea from PlantzAfrica. Accessed 16 September 2015.
  3. Calpurnia aurea at Wikipedia. Accessed 16 September 2015.

data regenerated on Fri, 21 May 2021 10:32:47 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Calpurnia aurea

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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