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Flemingia grahamiana
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Cecil Kop Nature Reserve, Mutare
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Cecil Kop Nature Reserve, Mutare
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| Synonyms: |
Flemingia rhodocarpa Baker Moghania grahamiana (Wight & Arn.) Kuntze |
| Common names: | Stain-pod (English) |
| Frequency: | Common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb or woody subshrub, erect or subscandent, up to 2.5m high. Branches ribbed, covered with silky hairs when young. Leaves 3-foliate, up to 15 cm long, dull green above, pubescent and paler below, both surfaces with small reddish glands. Flowers in dense woolly clusters, greenish to creamy-white, sometimes with purple veining. Fruit a small inflated pod, up to 12 × 6 mm, covered in rusty-orange glands, leaving stains on touching. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | grahamiana: uncertain, possibly named after Robert C. Graham (1786-1845), an early English botanist |
| Habitat: | In grassland and open woodland, along roadsides and in disturbed areas, often on sandy or rocky soils. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 480 - 1800 m |
| Flowering time: | Jul - Sep |
| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in Tropical Africa, Northern Province, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Also as far as southern India. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C,E,S |
| Growth form: | s |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Wednesday 9 June 2010 |
| Literature: |
Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 68. MacKinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae FZ 3(5) Pages 166 - 167. (Includes a picture). 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 48. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 60. Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, S Africa Pages 206 - 207. (Includes a picture). |
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Flora of Mozambique: Flemingia grahamianaBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Flemingia grahamiana
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Flemingia grahamiana
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Flemingia grahamiana
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Flemingia grahamiana
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Flemingia grahamiana
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Flemingia grahamiana
JSTOR Plant Science: Flemingia grahamiana
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Flemingia grahamiana
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West African Plants database: Flemingia grahamiana
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