Dalbergia martinii F. White

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National Botanic Garden, Harare

Synonyms:	Dalbergia glandulosa Dunkley
Common names:	Umlombe (Ndebele) Umlombo (Ndebele) Zambezi flat-bean (English)
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Status:	Native
Description:	Unarmed scrambling shrub or true climber with coiled tendrils. Branchlets rough with tuberculate glands; bark dark chocolate-brown. Leaves imparipinnate with 5-8 alternate leaflets. Leaflets elliptic to ovate, 2-7 cm long. Flowers small, sweetly scented, white, in branched sprays. Pods indehiscent, up to 9 × 2 cm, flat, appearing almost winged, single-seeded, covered with sticky glands, hardening as they dry.
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Habitat:	In mixed deciduous woodland and riverine thickets.
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Flowering time:	Dec
Worldwide distribution:
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,W,C
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Friday 21 September 2007
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