Rhynchosia stipitata Verdc.

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Chesa Forest Reserve, Umguza District.

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Synonyms:	Rhynchosia sp.no.2 sensu Drummond (1972)
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Status:	Native
Description:	Climbing herb, up to 2 m tall with wiry stems, short whitish pubescencent. Leaflets 3; terminal triangular-rhombic, 2.3–7 cm long, with broadly acuminate apex with concave sides;, laterals asymmetrical and similar size, finely shortly pubescent on venation and with dense orange gland dots beneath; petiole 1.7–7 cm long; rhachis 0.6–2.2 cm long; stipules ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 2–3 mm long. Inflorescences axillary, 11–15 cm long including 5–6.5 cm long peduncles; pedicels 9 mm long; bractsovate to elliptic, 4 mm long, deciduous. Calyx finely pubescent and glandular. Standard greenish-white to golden-yellow with purple nerves or purple-brown outside, obovate, 13 mm long, slightly pubescent outside; wings bright golden to pale yellow; keel similarly coloured but often dark at the apex. Pods oblong, 2.3 cm long, raised over the seeds, pale yellow-brown with greenish reticulation, shortly puberulous particularly along the margins; margins distinctly raised; stipe 5–9 mm long.
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Habitat:	Brachystegia woodland and Baikiaea thicket on Kalahari Sand, in open grassy woodlands or riverine woodland and valley grassland.
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Worldwide distribution:	South-eastern Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana.
Botswana distribution:	N,SE
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Content last updated:	Sunday 28 February 2021
Literature:	Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 226. as Rhynchosia sp. 2 Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Page 193. 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. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 63. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 71.

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