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Aeschynomene grandistipulata
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Photo: Stefaan Dondeyne
Path to Skeleton Pass, Chimanimani National Park
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Path to Skeleton Pass, Chimanimani National Park
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Outward Bound School, Chimanimani
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Near Outward Bound, Chimanimani
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Near Outward Bound, Chimanimani
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub up to 3 m tall. Young branchlets dark purplish-brown. Leaves somewhat fleshy, bluish-green; leaflets 14-22, oblong-elliptic, 1.2-3 cm long, rounded but mucronulate at the apex; margin entire or sometimes ciliolate. Stipules very large and conspicuous up to 3.7 × 3 cm, ovate-elliptic, hairless,eventually deciduous. Flowers in many-flowered axillary, often branched inflorescences, yellow to orange, purple-veined with a dark reddish patch at the base of the standard. Fruit of 3 semicircular articles, each c. 8 × 5 mm, joined by very narrow necks, hairless or sparsely ciliate. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | grandistipulata: with large stipules |
| Habitat: | In bracken scrub, sandstone crags and on quartzite rock. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1200 - 2100 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Restricted to the Chimanimani Mts, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Lower Risk - near threatened |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Thursday 21 January 2010 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 281. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 3. 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 65. Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 85. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 216. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 246. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 174. Goodier, R. & Phipps, J.B. (1961). A revised checklist of the vascular plants of the Chimanimani Mountains Kirkia 1 Page 57. Mapaura, A. (2002). Endemic Plant Species of Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1) Page 140. 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 46. Verdcourt, B. (1974). Summary of the Leguminosae - Papilionoideae - Hedysareae (sensu lato) of Flora Zambesiaca Kirkia 9(2) Pages 398 - 399. Verdcourt, B. (2000). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6) Page 80. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 93. |
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