Dolichos sericeus
sericeus
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Entrance to Zovo Chipolo Trail, Nyika National Park
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Entrance to Zovo Chipolo Trail, Nyika National Park
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Entrance to Zovo Chipolo Trail, Nyika National Park
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Entrance to Zovo Chipolo Trail, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Entrance to Zovo Chipolo Trail, Nyika National Park
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Entrance to Zovo Chipolo Trail, Nyika National Park
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Entrance to Zovo Chipolo Trail, Nyika National Park
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Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park
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Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park
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Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Dolichos formosus sensu Robyns non A. Rich. sensu stricto. Dolichos shuterioides Baker Rhynchosia sphaerocephala Baker |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Climbing or prostrate herb, with annual stems 0.6–2.1 m long, more or less densely greyish hairy, growing from a perennial tuberous rootstock. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets ovate to slightly rhombic, 0.9–7.2 × 0.5–4.6 cm, sparsely to densely hairy on both surfaces, 3-veined from the base; petiole 1.5–5.8 cm long; petiolules 1–2 mm long; stipules ovate, 4–6 mm long; stipels lanceolate, 3–5 mm long. Inflorescences in axillary clusters or a short racemes on peduncles up to 9.8 cm long; pedicels 3–11 mm long; bracts 1–2 mm long; bracteoles 2–7 mm long. Calyx hairy; tube 3–4 mm long; lobes triangular, 1–6 mm long, upper pair fused along most or all of their length. Standard oblate, pink or magenta fading to bluish-purple, 10–18 mm long; wings purple; keel paler to white. Pods 4.2–7.8 cm long, almost hairless when mature, sometimes persistently velvety, 5–12-seeded. |
| Type location: |
South Africa |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | sericeus: with silky appressed hairs, sericeous |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in the highlands of tropical Africa from Cameroon to southern Ethiopia and south to KwaZulu-Natal South Africa. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| 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 157. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 22. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 220. Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Pages 93 - 95. 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. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 121. 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. Troupin, G. (1983). Fabaceae (Papilionaceae) Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume II Page 104. (Includes a picture). |
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