Indigofera rhynchocarpa Welw. ex Baker
var. rhynchocarpa

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Indigofera rhynchocarpa var. rhynchocarpa

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Cleveland Dam, Harare

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Mbizi Game Park

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Christon Bank

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Synonyms:
Common names:	Beak-fruited indigo tree (English) Hockey stick tree (English)
Frequency:	Frequent
Status:	Native
Description:	Mostly a shrub but occasionally a suffrutex or small tree. Leaves imparipinnate with 5-9 leaflets; stipels 1-4.5 mm long, subulate-setaceous, erect or spreading. Leaflets: terminal 3-12 × 2-7 cm, broadly obovate-elliptic; apex rounded; lateral leaflets often narrower. Inflorescence a raceme of numerous flowers. The flowers are small and inconspicuous but the fruits have a very distinct "hockey-stick" shape.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	rhynchocarpa: with beaked fruit
Habitat:	In Brachystegia woodland.
Altitude range: (metres)	1000 - 1600 m
Flowering time:	Oct - Dec
Worldwide distribution:	Angola. Burundi, CAR, DRC, Rwanda, Chad, Nigeria, Togo, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,C,E
Growth form(s):	Tree, shrub over 2 m.
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Images last updated:	Sunday 15 April 2018
Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 311. (Includes a picture). 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 69. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 222. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 245. 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. Schrire, B.D. (2012). Papilionoideae-Indigofereae Flora Zambesiaca 3(4) Pages 119 - 121. (Includes a picture). Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 100.

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