Macrotyloma densiflorum
densiflorum
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Habit
Miombo woodland
Mutinondo Wilderness Lodge
Feb 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Miombo woodland
Mutinondo Wilderness Lodge
Feb 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Miombo woodland
Mutinondo Wilderness Lodge
Feb 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Miombo woodland
Mutinondo Wilderness Lodge
Feb 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Dolichos densiflorus Welw. ex Baker Dolichos hendrickxii De Wild. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect perennial to 1.75 m tall, arising from a woody rootstock. Upper part of stems with a dense appressed silvery or ferruginous indumentum. Leaves 3-foliolate with elliptic to oblong-elliptic leaflets; ± glabrous above, densely silvery-sericeous beneath. Flowers axillary in 5-7-flowered fascicles; standard yellow-green. Pod 3.8-5 cm, flattened. |
| Type location: |
Angola |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | densiflorum: with a dense inflorescence |
| Habitat: | Miombo woodland, on sandy soils, often at edges of woodland near vleis and other grassy places. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Angola, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe |
| FZ divisions: | N,C,E |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Coates Palgrave, M. (1989). Guide to the trees and shrubs of the Mukuvisi Woodlands ?publisher. Page 36. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 224. As: Macrotyloma densiflorum Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Pages 107 - 108. 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 49. |
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