3910.000 Dolichos L.

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.

Dolichos kilimandscharicus subsp. kilimandscharicus

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
kilimandscharicus Harms ex Taub. subsp. kilimandscharicus N,C,E,SDescription, Image
oliveri Schweinf.N,W,C,E,S
sericeus E. Mey. subsp. sericeus C,EDescription, Image
trilobus L. subsp. trilobus var. trilobus N,W,C,E,S
trinervatus BakerN,C,E,SDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Dolichos:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Dolichos
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Dolichos
Flora of Malawi: Dolichos
Flora of Mozambique: Dolichos
Flora of Zambia: Dolichos

External websites:

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

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: Genus page: Dolichos.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=780, retrieved 19 March 2024

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