Alysicarpus zeyheri Harv.

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Alysicarpus zeyheri

Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam

Alysicarpus zeyheri

Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam

Alysicarpus zeyheri

Photo: Bart Wursten
By Harare to Shamva Road, Msana CL

Alysicarpus zeyheri

Photo: Bart Wursten
By Harare to Shamva Road, Msana CL

Alysicarpus zeyheri

Photo: Bart Wursten
By Harare to Shamva Road, Msana CL

Alysicarpus zeyheri

Photo: Lari Merrett
Mutinondo Widerness Area, Mayense Main Camp: Woodland near camp

Alysicarpus zeyheri

Photo: Lari Merrett
Mutinondo Widerness Area, Mayense Main Camp: Along path between dry river bed and Mayense Rock

Alysicarpus zeyheri

Photo: Lari Merrett
Mutinondo Widerness Area, Mayense Main Camp: Along path between dry river bed and Mayense Rock

Alysicarpus zeyheri

Photo: Lari Merrett

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Common names:
Frequency: Common
Status: Native
Description:
Erect, somewhat spreading perennial herb, up to 1.2 m. Leaves simple, near linear to elliptic, apex mucronate, finely hairy with longer hairs on the undersurface. Inflorescences terminal, flowers purple with lighter, salmon-pink standard; calyx lobes pubescent and ciliate. Fruit 7-15 mm long, well exserted from the calyx, constricted between the seeds, surface fairly smooth with very obscure transverse ridges, mostly velvety.
Notes: Red data list status: Lower Risk, Least Concern
Derivation of specific name: zeyheri: named after Carl Zeyher, 1799 - 1858, a German naturalist
Habitat: A species of open woodland and grassland, often on burnt ground or in damp sandy soil.
Altitude range: (metres) Up to 1540 m
Flowering time:Oct - Dec
Worldwide distribution: Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe. Widespread in tropical Africa, from Sierra Leone and Ethiopia to South Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution: N,W,C,E,S
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Images last updated: Wednesday 11 May 2016
Literature:

Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 216.

Fowler, D.G. (2007). Zambian Plants: Their Vernacular Names and Uses, Kew Publishing Page 40.

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.

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 57.

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 61.

Verdcourt, B. (2000). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6) Page 40. (Includes a picture).


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Flora of Botswana: Alysicarpus zeyheri
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Alysicarpus zeyheri
Flora of Malawi: Alysicarpus zeyheri
Flora of Mozambique: Alysicarpus zeyheri
Flora of Zambia: Alysicarpus zeyheri

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Alysicarpus zeyheri
African Plant Database: Alysicarpus zeyheri
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Alysicarpus zeyheri
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Alysicarpus zeyheri
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Alysicarpus zeyheri
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Alysicarpus zeyheri
JSTOR Plant Science: Alysicarpus zeyheri
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Alysicarpus zeyheri
Plants of the World Online: Alysicarpus zeyheri
Tropicos: Alysicarpus zeyheri
Wikipedia: Alysicarpus zeyheri


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Alysicarpus zeyheri.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=131000, retrieved 29 March 2024

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