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Distribution and conservation of shana - Crotalaria retusa Linn.

shana :

Seedpods and seed Photograph by: Arria Belli


Geographical distribution:

Widespread in both the forest and savanna zones of West Africa.

ECOLOGICAL ASPECT:

In Australia, where it is considered a native, it grows in the Kimberley on sand, clay, sandstone, and rocky basaltic soils, and is found along creeks and rivers, and on the floodplains
Coastal grassland, along rivers, waste places and fields, at elevations up to 250 metres. Open places in deciduous dipterocarp forests; at elevations up to 1,500 metres


Plant conservation:

Local Conservation Status :
Exotic (Horticultural / Cultivated Only)

Conservation status  - Least Concerned 


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