3910.000 Dolichos
Mackinder, B. et al. (2001) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5)
Description of the genus
Herbs, shrubs or suffrutices, sometimes climbing. Leaves pinnately or rarely digitately 3-foliolate, often appearing after the flowers. Inflorescences axillary. Calyx with 5 lobes, the upper pair fused to form an entire or 2-fid lip. Corolla usually a shade of purple, sometimes yellow. Standard glabrous outside, often auriculate with small oblong cone-shaped appendages. Style swollen, thickened, with a ring of hairs around the terminal capitate stigma. Pods flattened laterally. Worldwide: 60 species in the Old World tropics, principally in Africa Zimbabwe: 5 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| kilimandscharicus Harms ex Taub. subsp. kilimandscharicus | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| oliveri Schweinf. | N,W,C,E,S | |
| sericeus E. Mey. subsp. sericeus | C,E | Description, Image |
| trilobus L. subsp. trilobus | N,W,C,E,S | |
| trinervatus Baker | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
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