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Rhynchosia clivorum
pycnantha
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Tsetsera, Mozambique
Photo: Stefaan Dondeyne
Tsetsera, Mozambique
Photo: Stefaan Dondeyne
Tsetsera, Mozambique
Photo: Stefaan Dondeyne
Tsetsera, Mozambique
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| Synonyms: |
Flemingia macrocalyx Baker f. Rhynchosia pycnantha Harms |
| Common names: | Mountain rhychosia (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or sometimes a small tree, 1-4 m tall. Bark smooth, dark greyish or reddish-brown; younger parts densely covered in long tawny hairs. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets round, oblong-elliptic to narrowly ovate, 2.5-11cm long, covered in velvety hairs on both surfaces, more densely so on young leaves, surface wrinkled above, net-veining conspicuous beneath and dotted with glands; stipules large and conspicuous, sheath-like, reddish-brown. Inflorescences dense, terminal, c. 4-6 cm long, most parts covered in long silvery hairs. Flowers bright yellow to greenish-yellow; standard often streaked maroon outside. Pods flattened, up to 2.5 × 0.8 cm, densely covered in yellowish silky hairs, valves spiralling when splitting. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | Montane grassland, bracken scrub and along forest margins. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 950 - 2200 m |
| Flowering time: | Jul - Sep |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, southern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | W,E,S |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 4 September 2011 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 167. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 332. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 31. As Rhynchosia clivorum clivorum 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 29. As Rhynchosia clivorum Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 225. as Rhynchosia clivorum Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 247. As Rhynchosia clivorum Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Pages 178 - 179. 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 51. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 102. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 94. |
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