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Leobordea platycarpa

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Subfamily
  
Papilionoideae

Genus
  
Leobordea

Rank
  
Species

Family
  
Fabaceae

Tribe
  
Crotalarieae

Scientific name
  
Leobordea platycarpa

Order
  
Fabales

Leobordea platycarpa is a common annual plant in the drier parts of the African continent found in open ground, roadsides, cultivated ground and other disturbed places or in short grassland on sand.

Distribution

Recorded growing at altitudes of 900 metres (3,000 ft) to 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) L. playcarpa makes its home in open ground, roadsides, cultivated ground and other disturbed places or in short grassland on sand.

Native
Palearctic: Macaronesia: Cape Verde Northern Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco Afrotropic: Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan East Tropical Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda West-Central Tropical Africa: Central African Republic, Zaire South Tropical Africa: Angola, Zimbabwe Southern Africa: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa - Cape Province, Orange Free State, Transvaal Western Indian Ocean: Mauritius Arabian Peninsula: Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen Western Asia: Iran, Israel, Syria Indomalaya: Indian Subcontinent: Pakistan

References

Leobordea platycarpa Wikipedia