Rhynchosia totta (Thunb.) DC.
var. fenchelii Schinz

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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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Frequency:
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.
Altitude range: Up to 2100 m
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Worldwide distribution: Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia, Botswana and South Africa.
Malawi distribution: C,S
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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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Flora of Botswana: Rhynchosia totta var. fenchelii
Flora of Mozambique: Rhynchosia totta var. fenchelii
Flora of Zambia: Rhynchosia totta var. fenchelii
Flora of Zimbabwe: Rhynchosia totta var. fenchelii

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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 totta var. fenchelii.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=131910, retrieved 4 October 2024

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