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Ptycholobium contortum
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
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| Synonyms: |
Sylitra contorta (N.E. Br.) Baker f. Tephrosia contorta N.E. Br. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrubby perennial herb, up to c. 40 cm tall. Young stems with appressed whitish hairs. Leaves mostly 3-foliolate, occasional leaves 1-foliolate; leaflets, more or less narrowly oblanceolate, 15-40 mm long, bluish-green, hairless above, densely appressed hairy below; apex mucronate; margin entire. Flowers in 2-6-flowered axillary clusters, blue to purple with a yellow centre, rarely all yellow. Pods strongly coiled and twisted, 4-6 mm wide, densely covered in greyish hairs. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | contortum: contorted, twisted, referring to the pods. |
| Habitat: | In dry mopane or Acacia-Terminalia woodland, sandy grassland or in alluvial soils near riverbeds. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 12 October 2008 |
| Literature: |
Brummitt, R.K., Harder, D.K., Lewis, G.P., Lock, J.M., Polhill, R.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(3) Pages 207 - 208. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 225. 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 50. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 71. |
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