Rhynchosia clivorum S. Moore
subsp. pycnantha (Harms) Verdc.

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Rhynchosia clivorum subsp. pycnantha

Photo: Bart Wursten
Manyenezi Forest, Southern Loop, Nyika National Park

Rhynchosia clivorum subsp. pycnantha

Photo: Bart Wursten
Manyenezi Forest, Southern Loop, Nyika National Park

Rhynchosia clivorum subsp. pycnantha

Photo: Bart Wursten
Manyenezi Forest, Southern Loop, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms: Flemingia macrocalyx Baker f.
Rhynchosia pycnantha Harms
Common names: Mountain rhychosia (English)
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Shrub or sometimes a small tree, 1-4 m tall. Bark smooth, dark greyish or reddish-brown; younger parts densely covered in long tawny hairs. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets round, oblong-elliptic to narrowly ovate, 2.5-11cm long, covered in velvety hairs on both surfaces, more densely so on young leaves, surface wrinkled above, net-veining conspicuous beneath and dotted with glands; stipules large and conspicuous, sheath-like, reddish-brown. Inflorescences dense, terminal, c. 4-6 cm long, most parts covered in long silvery hairs. Flowers bright yellow to greenish-yellow; standard often streaked maroon outside. Pods flattened, up to 2.5 × 0.8 cm, densely covered in yellowish silky hairs, valves spiralling when splitting.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:
Habitat: Montane grassland, bracken scrub and along forest margins.
Altitude range: 950 - 2200 m
Flowering time:Jul - Sep
Worldwide distribution: DRC, southern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, South Africa.
Malawi distribution: N,C,S
Growth form(s): Tree, shrub over 2 m.
Endemic status:
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Content last updated: Thursday 30 August 2018
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 167.

Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 332. (Includes a picture).

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 31. As Rhynchosia clivorum clivorum

Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 29. As Rhynchosia clivorum

Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 225. as Rhynchosia clivorum

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 247. As Rhynchosia clivorum

Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Pages 178 - 179.

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.

Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 102.

Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 94.

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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Species information: Rhynchosia clivorum subsp. pycnantha.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=131660, retrieved 19 March 2024

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