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Synonyms: |
Dolichos schlechteri Harms ex Burtt Davy |
Common names: | Kanyanguwe (Tonga: Zimbabwe) Lisili (Hlengwe) |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Perennial twining herb. Stems, slender, up to 3 m long. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets rhombic-lanceolate to triangular-ovate, up to 7.5 × 3.5 cm, with scattered short bristly hairs on both surfaces; lateral leaflets markedly asymmetrical falcate. Inflorescences often on leafless shoots. Flowers pale blue-violet, standard often tinged greenish-yellow. Pods linear, 7.5-12.5 cm long, curved at the tip, hairless. |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | schlechteri: named after Friedrich Schlechter (1872-1925), German botanist and traveller. |
Habitat: | In hot and dry deciduous woodland and scrub, on stony slopes and hillsides. |
Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1200 m |
Flowering time: | |
Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and North West, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
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Endemic status: | |
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Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Thursday 31 October 2019 |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 13. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 219. Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Pages 157 - 159. (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 47. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 73. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 64. |
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