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Synonyms: |
Galactia tenuiflora (Klein ex Willd.) Wight & Arn. p.p. Galactia tenuiflora (Klein ex Willd.) Wight & Arn. var. villosa (Wight & Arn.) Benth. Galactia villosa Wight & Arn. Glycine tenuiflora Klein ex Willd. |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Herbaceous perennial twining climber with slender, finely pubescent to velvety stems 0.6–4 m long, growing from a woody rootstock. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets oblong, oblong-obovate or oblong-elliptic, mostly 4–9 cm long, sparsely appressed pubescent above, paler and almost hairless to more densely appressed pubescent or velvety beneath; petioles 2–5 cm long; stipules linear, 3–5 mm long. Flowers in lax 2–10-flowered racemes on peduncles up to 17.5 cm long; bracts and bracteoles ovate-lanceolate, 1.5–2.5 mm long. Calyx pubescent with lobes elliptic-lanceolate, 3.5–6 mm long, the lowest longest. Standard whitish, pale lilac or pinkish-mauve and purple, elliptic or oblong-obovate, 1–1.2 cm long, hairless. Pods linear-oblong, mostly 3–6 cm long, finely appressed pubescent, usually 6–12-seeded. |
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Habitat: | Open woodland and bushland. |
Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 900 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Ghana, northern Nigeria, CAR, DRC, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, north-eastern South Africa, Mascarene Islands, India, China and New Guinea. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | E,S |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Tuesday 15 May 2018 |
Literature: |
Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Pages 94 - 95. (Includes a picture). 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 68. as Galactia tenuiflora var. villosa Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 220. as Galactia tenuiflora Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Pages 40 - 42. (Includes a picture). 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 48. |
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