Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
bearana: named after Dr O'Sullivan Beare, who brought the traditional use of a root extract of C. abbreviata as a cure for black-water fever to western medical attention in 1902.
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- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Cassia abbreviata Oliv.
subsp. beareana (Holmes) Brenan Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=126870
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
