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Aeschynomene bracteosa
bracteosa
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Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka SE 20km., Jellis' farm (Lazy J Ranch).
Photo: Mike Bingham
Mwinilunga District, Kanyikezhi
Photo: Mike Bingham
Mwinilunga District, Kanyikezhi
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| Status: | Native |
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Intricately branched sticky subshrub or tufted pyrophyte, erect, somewhat spreading, or almost prostrate, 7-35 cm high, with a thick woody rootstock. Leaves 12-56 foliolate. Inflorescence axillary or terminal. Flowers in several-flowered inflorescences (not solitary). Fruit of 1 article, sometimes 2, articles glabrous. |
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| Flowering time: | May - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DR Congo, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N |
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| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 151. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 216. as Aeschynomene bracteosa Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 46. Verdcourt, B. (2000). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6) Pages 86 - 87. |
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Flora of Malawi: Aeschynomene bracteosa var. bracteosaFlora of Zambia: Aeschynomene bracteosa var. bracteosa
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Aeschynomene bracteosaAfrican Plant Database: Aeschynomene bracteosa
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Aeschynomene bracteosa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Aeschynomene bracteosa
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Aeschynomene bracteosa
JSTOR Plant Science: Aeschynomene bracteosa
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Aeschynomene bracteosa
Plants of the World Online: Aeschynomene bracteosa
Tropicos: Aeschynomene bracteosa
Wikipedia: Aeschynomene bracteosa
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