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Common names: | Large-leaved climbing dalbergia (English) |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Climbing shrub or liane, climbing with the aid of coiled branchlets. Leaves imparipinnate with 9-21 leaflets; leaflets oblong-elliptic. Flowers in large branched heads, mauve-purple. Pods 10-15 cm long, stalked, pale straw-coloured. |
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Habitat: | Forest edges and clearings and in bushland and grassland |
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Worldwide distribution: | In tropical Africa from Nigeria to Ethiopia and south to Zimbabwe and Mozambique |
Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
Growth form(s): | Climber, liane. |
Endemic status: | |
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Insects associated with this species: | Charaxes cithaeron cithaeron (Food plant) |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
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 74 - 75. Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 157. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 297. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 20. 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. 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. |
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