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Taxon:  Calpurnia aurea (Aiton) Benth.



Summary
Genus:
Calpurnia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Podalyrieae
Nomen number:
313280
Place of publication:
Comm. legum. gen. 26. 1837 (Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2:90. 1839)
Verified:
10/28/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Calpurnia aurea (Aiton) Benth. subsp. aurea (0 active accession[s])
Calpurnia aurea (Aiton) Benth. subsp. indica Brummitt (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Allen, O. N. & E. K. Allen. The Leguminosae. A source book of characteristics, uses, and nodulation. 1981
  2. Beaumont, A. J. et al. 1999. Revision of the genus Calpurnia (Sophoreae: Leguminosae). Bothalia 29:19.
  3. Brummitt, R. K. 1967. Calpurnia aurea (Aiton) Benth., a Cape species in tropical Africa and southern India. Kirkia 6:123-132.
  4. Carrisso, L. W. et al., eds. Conspectus florae angolensis. 1937-
  5. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003
  6. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  7. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  8. Palmer, E. & N. Pitman. Trees of southern Africa. 1972-1973
  9. Robyns, W. et al., eds. Flore du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi. 1948-63
  10. Thulin, M. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223. 1983
  11. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaEastern Cape 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaGauteng 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaLimpopo 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaMpumalanga 
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaKarnataka 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaTamil Nadu 
2Cultivated     
4Naturalized     
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Eswatini, South Africa [Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga]
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Central African Republic, Zaire
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Karnataka, Tamil Nadu]
Cultivated ()
Naturalized ()
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=313280. Accessed 1 June 2026.

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