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Crotalaria cobalticola P.A.Duvign. & Timperman

Fabaceae Herb

Accumulation profile

Co Cobalt Obligate

3,000 µg g⁻¹ DW

10× the cobalt threshold

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Substrate: Cu–Co mineralised soils
Habitat: Copperbelt metalliferous grassland
Distribution: DR Congo (Katanga)
First reported: 1979 · Brooks et al.
Verification: review-cited

Description & ecology

A Katangan legume named for its cobalt affinity and used, with other 'copper-cobalt flora', as a botanical indicator of mineralisation.

References

Reeves, R. D., Baker, A. J. M., Jaffré, T., Erskine, P. D., Echevarria, G., & van der Ent, A. (2018). A global database for plants that hyperaccumulate metal and metalloid trace elements. New Phytologist, 218, 407–411. doi:10.1111/nph.14907

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