Widely distributed in White Nile & Bahr El Jebel; Bahr El Ghazal Prov.
(Niamniam-land: Nganye).
=C. laburnifolia= _Linn._
Semi-shrubby herb. Leaves 3-fol.; keel of corolla very long-beaked; pod
long-stalked, inflated.
Darfur Prov. (Kulme).
=C. near laburnifolia= _Linn._
Shrub plant, under cultivation reaching 8-10 ft. in height. Corolla
yellow, not streaked with purple; keel much recurved.
Nuba Mts. Prov. (Dilling).
=C. polysperma= _Kotschy._
Rufous, villous herb. Leaflets 3, short-stalked, obovate-oblong. Flowers
6-8, in lax, lateral, long-peduncled racemes.
White Nile Prov.
=C. polysperma= _Kotschy._ =subspecies C. Grantii= _Baker._ TAKTAKA
(Meshra El Zeraf)—Arab; DIAGNE (Meshra El Zeraf)—Dinka.
Villous herb; corolla blue in bud. Pod subsessile, turgid, with fine
brown hairs; seeds 30-40.
Upper White Nile Prov. (Meshra El Zeraf & southwards).
=C. intermedia= _Kotschy._
Annual, 2-3 ft. high. Corolla usually yellow, but in specimens from the
Bahr El Jebel it is much streaked with purple and sometimes quite
purple.
Upper Nile Prov. (Tonga: Ragaba); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land);
Mongalla Prov. (Gemeiza & Mongalla); Darfur Prov. (Zalingei); Fung Prov.
(Jongol’s Post).
The Bongos make strong string from its fibre.
=C. brevidens= _Benth._
Erect herb. Leaflets 3, subsessile, glabrous, linear. Flowers in few-
flowered terminal racemes. Pod cylindrical, glabrous, 1½ in. long.
Nubia.
=C. cannabina= _Schwfth._ URU—Golo; KHOLO—Bongo; AWIRKI—Zande.
Tall, shrubby herb, erect, stems sulcate, winged. Leaves 3-foliolate;
leaflets oblong or oblong-elliptic, 2-4½ in. long. Flowers large,
numerous, in racemes. Pods oblong-cylindric, 1½-2 in. long, becoming
glabrous.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land, Niamniam & Bongo lands).
The fibre is used for ropes and in Bongo-land the plant is cultivated.
=C. maxillaris= _Klotzsch._ ABKILEH (Atbara) SAFEIRA, SABARIG & TAWILA
(Abu Haraz, Blue Nile)—Arab.
Shrubby herb, 2-3 ft. high, downy. Leaflets 3, subsessile, oblong.
Racemes terminal, many-flowered; corolla yellow. Pod oblong, very silky,
⅜ in. long.
Berber Prov. (near El Damer); Blue Nile Prov. (Abu Haraz); White Nile
Prov.; Kordofan Prov. (Tueir & El Greo); Darfur Prov.
=C. Forbesii= _Baker._
Undershrub, 12-18 in. high, densely grey-downy. Flowers yellowish,
axillary, solitary or in pairs. Pod silky, under ½ in. long.
Fung Prov. (Abu Naama).
=C. Dilloniana= _Baker._
Herb; leaflets 3, glabrous, central one 3½ in. long and 1 in. broad. Pod
¾ in. long, linear, deflexed on elongated terminal racemes.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
=C. Quartiniana= _A. Rich._
Silky herb, 1 ft. high. Leaflets 3, central one 1½ in. long. Racemes
lateral, 3-4 flowered; corolla reddish. Pod 1 in. long and ½ in. thick,
glabrous.
Fung Prov. (Jongol’s post); Upper White Nile Prov. (Meshra El Zeraf);
Darfur Prov. (Zalingei); Kordofan (Obeid).
=C. microphylla= _Vahl._
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