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Synonyms: |
Dalbergia glandulosa Dunkley |
Common names: | Umlombe (Ndebele) Umlombo (Ndebele) Zambezi flat-bean (English) |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Unarmed scrambling shrub or true climber with coiled tendrils. Branchlets rough with tuberculate glands; bark dark chocolate-brown. Leaves imparipinnate with 5-8 alternate leaflets. Leaflets elliptic to ovate, 2-7 cm long. Flowers small, sweetly scented, white, in branched sprays. Pods indehiscent, up to 9 × 2 cm, flat, appearing almost winged, single-seeded, covered with sticky glands, hardening as they dry. |
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Habitat: | In mixed deciduous woodland and riverine thickets. |
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Flowering time: | Dec |
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National distribution: | N,W,C |
Growth form(s): | Climber, tree, liane, shrub over 2 m. |
Endemic status: | |
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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 69 - 70. Curtis, B.A. & Mannheimer, C.A. (2005). Tree Atlas of Namibia National Botanic Research Institute, Windhoek Page 236. 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. |
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