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Dolichos daltonii Webb |
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Status: | Native |
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Annual or perennial climbing or trailing herb up to 70 cm long; stems slender and villous; leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets 24-58 x 8-34 mm, elliptic, the lateral leaflets sometimes oblique, appressed pubescent on both surfaces, petiole 0.8-5.6 cm long, petiolules 2-3 mm long; stipules 5-7 mm long, ovate, striate; flowers axillary, solitary in pairs or in 3-4 flowered fascicles; pedicels 1-2 mm long, bracts 5-8 mm long, triangular, acuminate, bracteoles 4-5 mm long, narrowly triangular, acuminate; calyx pubescent, tube 1-2 mm long, lobes 5-12 mm long, narrowly triangular, acuminate; standard yellowish-cream, green or white, purple veined, 9-16 x 6-9 mm, oblong-obovate, emarginate; wings 8-11 mm long; keel 8-12 mm long; pods 2.8-4.7 cm x 5-8 mm, linear-oblong, sparsely hirsute, beak 3-5 mm long, 3-6-seeded; seeds reddish-brown mottled black, 5 x 3 x 1 mm, smooth. |
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Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
Growth form(s): | Annual. |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 25. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 224. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 388. (Includes a picture). Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Pages 112 - 113. 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 49. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 69. |
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