Dalbergia fischeri Taub.

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Catapu, Sofala

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Vanduzi bridge, Gorongosa

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Along entrance road to Zebra Ranger Camp, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.

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Synonyms:
Common names:	Spiny climbing dalbergia (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Scandent shrub or liane, armed with spines. Branchlets hooked or coiled to aid climbing. Leaves imparipinnate with 11-19 elliptic to oblong-elliptic leaflets, up to 3.5 × 1.8 cm, apex rounded or slightly notched. Flowers in terminal or, rarely axillary panicles, small, white to yellowish. Pods flat, 4-12 cm long, 1-4-seeded, blackish over the seeds, indehiscent.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	fischeri: named after Dr Gustav Fischer (1848-1886), German doctor and naturalist, who collected in Kenya and Tanzania.
Habitat:	In riverine and evergreen forest, Miombo woodland and dry deciduous thickets.
Altitude range: (metres)	400 - 1800 m
Flowering time:	Nov
Worldwide distribution:	Kenya to Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Zimbabwe distribution:	E
Growth form(s):	Climber, liane.
Endemic status:
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Images last updated:	Friday 21 September 2007
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 68 - 69. Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 156. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 296. (Includes a picture). Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 23. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 219. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 246. 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 47. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 97.

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