Tephrosia elata Deflers
subsp. heckmanniana (Harms) Brummitt
var. heckmanniana

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Tephrosia elata subsp. heckmanniana var. heckmanniana

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Lilayi Lodge, Kafue Distr., Lusaka Province

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Synonyms:	Tephrosia heckmanniana Harms
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Status:	Native
Description:	Mostly annual or sometimes biennial, shrubby herb, 0.5-2 m high, branching above. Stems and branches smooth, appressed pubescent. Leaves pinnate, usually with 6-10 pairs of leaflets; leaflets oblanceolate, elliptic to linear-elliptic, 3-8 cm long, sometimes emarginate at the apex, hairless above, shortly appressed-pubescent beneath; stipules up to 16 mm long, linear, often falcate. Racemes terminal and axillary, 10-30 cm long. Calyx 3.5-8 mm long, densely and shortly appressed-pubescent. Flowers 12-18 mm long, purple or reddish; standard truncate to cordate at the base. Pods 35-80 mm long, pale straw-coloured, more or less hairless.
Notes:	This is the native and more widespread subspecies in Zimbabwe. See subsp. elata for comparison.
Derivation of specific name:	elata: tall, high
Habitat:	Mainly in miombo woodland.
Altitude range: (metres)	450 - 1750 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Angola, DRC (Katanga), Burundi, southern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,C,E,S
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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 167 - 168. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 54. As Tephrosia heckmanniana Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 227. 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 51. As Tephrosia heckmanniana Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 27. as Tephrosia sp. nr. heckmanniana Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 103. as tephrosia elata heckmanniana

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Tephrosia elata
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Tephrosia elata
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Wikipedia: Tephrosia elata