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Eriosema pauciflorum
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Haka Game Park, Cleveland Dam
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Haka Game Park, Cleveland Dam
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Haka Game Park, Cleveland Dam
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Lake Chivero Recreational Park
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Lake Chivero Recreational Park
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Lake Chivero Recreational Park
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| Synonyms: |
Eriosema andongense Hiern ex Baker f. Eriosema oblongum Harv. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Ascending to suberect pyrophytic herb, growing from a woody rootstock. Stems several, sparsely branched, up to 6 cm long, covered in short pubescence mixed with long spreading hairs. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets narrowly oblong, elliptic to obovate, 3-10 cm long, softly velvety and glandular on both surfaces, sometimes with dense grey felt below; venation sunken above and raised below. Flowers in axillary racemes. Standard red outside, yellow inside, sometimes all yellow; keel creamy-yellow. Pods elliptic, c. 2 × 1.2 cm, densely covered in long hairs, short hairs and glands. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | pauciflorum: few-flowered |
| Habitat: | In grassland, margins of vleis and open woodland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 540 - 1750 m |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | From Ghana to Sudan and South to Angola, Botswana and South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 12 October 2008 |
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Flora of Mozambique: Eriosema pauciflorumAfrican Plant Database: Eriosema pauciflorum
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Eriosema pauciflorum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Eriosema pauciflorum
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Eriosema pauciflorum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Eriosema pauciflorum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Eriosema pauciflorum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Eriosema pauciflorum
JSTOR Plant Science: Eriosema pauciflorum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Eriosema pauciflorum
Tropicos: Eriosema pauciflorum
West African Plants database: Eriosema pauciflorum
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