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| Synonyms: |
var. venulosa (Hiern) Verdc. Dolicholus venulosus Hiern Rhynchosia filicaulis Welw. ex Baker Rhynchosia hirsuta Schinz Rhynchosia mollis Burtt Davy, non DC. nom. illegit. Rhynchosia remota Conrath Rhynchosia totta (Thunb.) DC. var. venulosa (Hiern) Verdc. Rhynchosia venulosa (Hiern) K. Schum. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Climbing or twining herb, with slender stems, 0.2–1 m long, from a tuberous rootstock. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets narrowly elliptic-oblong to elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, up to 8 cm long (in this variety), pubescent to densely velvety, obscurely gland-dotted; venation usually prominent and reticulate, particularly beneath, usually pale and yellowish, at least in dried specimens; petiole 0.7–3 cm long;; petiolules 0.5–1.5 mm long; stipules lanceolate, 2.5–6 mm long. Flowers solitary to few in very lax inflorescences; peduncle 1.3–3.5 cm long; bracts ovate or lanceolate, c. 1–5 mm long Calyx pubescent to silky hairy; tube 2 mm long; lobes lanceolate, 2.5–8 mm long, the lowest usually the longest. Standard yellow, flushed reddish, obovate, 7–12(14) mm long, hairless or rarely pubescent; wings yellow; keel greenish-yellow. Pods falcate-oblanceolate, 15–37 mm, narrowed below, apiculate, covered with rather long and shorter pubescence or silky hairy. |
| Notes: | This is the most widespread variety of this highly variable species |
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| Habitat: | In various types of woodland, Acacia thickets, wooded grassland, dambos and floodplain grasslands, usually on heavy alluvial or sandy soils. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia, Botswana and South Africa. |
| Botswana distribution: | N,SW,SE |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 72. As Rhynchosia totta var venulosa Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 226. as Rhynchosia totta venulosa Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 267. (Includes a picture). Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Pages 205 - 207. 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. As Rhynchosia totta 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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