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Aeschynomene nodulosa
nodulosa
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Leopard Rock Game Reserve, Vumba
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Leopard Rock Game Reserve, Vumba
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Chinyakwaremba, Vumba
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Upper Nhamadzi basin, Chimanimani Mts
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Upper Nhamadzi basin, Chimanimani Mts
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| Synonyms: |
Aeschynomene leptobotrya sensu Baker f. Aeschynomene shirensis Taub. Smithia nodulosa Baker |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Common in Eastern Highlands |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Usually a slender shrub but occasionally a small tree. Plants aromatic. Stems covered with short glandular hairs. Leaves up to c. 8 cm long, pinnate, 8-32-foliolate; petiole and rhachis with short glandular hairs. Leaflets linear-oblong, 3-18 mm long, slightly subcordate at the base, mostly hairless; stipules conspicuous but quickly deciduous, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 7-22 mm long. Flowers in many-flowered racemes in the axils of the upper leaves, together often appearing as a branched terminal inflorescence; peduncles and pedicels with short glandular hairs. Calyx reddish, 2-lipped; one lip more or less entire, the other 3-fid. Standard yellow or orange-yellow with red veining, broadly elliptic, 10-16 cm long; wings orange-yellow, paler at the base, with red streaks at the apex; keel pale yellow. Fruit with 3-7 semicircular articles, up to 8 × 6 mm, joined by narrow necks, covered with short, glandular hairs. |
| Notes: | See var. glabrescens J.B. Gillett for comparison. |
| Derivation of specific name: | nodulosa: bearing nodules |
| Habitat: | In submontane grassland, bracken scrub, open woodland and on rocky ridges. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 750 - 1900 m |
| Flowering time: | Apr - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | C,E,S |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Saturday 11 August 2012 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 282. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 3. Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Pages 383 - 384. 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. 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. Gillett, J.B. (1960). What is Aeschynomene leptobotrya Harms ex Baker f.? Kew Bulletin 14(3) Page 334. 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. Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 194 - 195. (Includes a picture). Strugnell, A.M. (2002). Endemics of Mt. Mulanje. The endemic spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi Systematics and Geography of Plants 72 Page 20. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 95. Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 74. Verdcourt, B. (1974). Summary of the Leguminosae - Papilionoideae - Hedysareae (sensu lato) of Flora Zambesiaca Kirkia 9(2) Pages 394 - 396. Verdcourt, B. (2000). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6) Pages 77 - 78. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 94. |
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