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Synonyms: |
Flemingia oblongifolia Baker Millettia monophylla Harms |
Common names: | Blue bush (English) |
Frequency: | Common |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Erect shrub, 1 to 3 m. Leaves mostly simple (1-foliolate), rarely 3-foliolate; leaflets, oblong-elliptic, hairless to densely pubescent above, covered in short white hairs with venation prominent below, numerous small orange glands present on both surfaces.Flowers in terminal heads, occasionally also axillary, yellow inside, brown and covered in appressed hairs outside. Pods elliptic-oblong, 2-3 cm long, densely covered in golden or silvery-grey velvet and numerous orange glands. |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | ellipticum: elliptic, oblong with rounded ends |
Habitat: | In high rainfall Brachystegia woodland and wooded grassland. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 850 - 2250 m |
Flowering time: | Aug - Oct |
Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C,E,S |
Growth form(s): | Shrub over 2 m. |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Wednesday 17 January 2007 |
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 159. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 301. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 25. As Eriosema ellipticum Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 220. As: Eriosema ellipticum Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 247. As Eriosema ellipticum Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Pages 215 - 217. (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. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 60. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 98. |
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