Macrotyloma densiflorum (Welw. ex Baker) Verdc.
var. densiflorum
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Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Mutinondo Wilderness Lodge, Mpika Distr. Muchinga Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Mutinondo Wilderness Lodge, Mpika Distr. Muchinga Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Mutinondo Wilderness Lodge, Mpika Distr. Muchinga Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Mutinondo Wilderness Lodge, Mpika Distr. Muchinga Province
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Synonyms:
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Dolichos densiflorus Welw. ex Baker Dolichos hendrickxii De Wild.
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Erect perennial to 1.75 m tall, arising from a woody rootstock. Upper part of stems with a dense appressed silvery or ferruginous indumentum. Leaves 3-foliolate with elliptic to oblong-elliptic leaflets; ± glabrous above, densely silvery-sericeous beneath. Flowers axillary in 5-7-flowered fascicles; standard yellow-green. Pod 3.8-5 cm, flattened. |
Notes:
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Derivation of specific name:
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densiflorum: with a dense inflorescence |
Habitat:
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Miombo woodland, on sandy soils, often at edges of woodland near vleis and other grassy places. |
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Worldwide distribution:
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DRC, Angola, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe |
Malawi distribution:
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N,C |
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Spot characters:
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Literature:
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Coates Palgrave, M. (1989). Guide to the trees and shrubs of the Mukuvisi Woodlands ?publisher. Page 36.
Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 224. As: Macrotyloma densiflorum
Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Pages 107 - 108.
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 49.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-23
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2023).
Flora of Malawi: Species information: Macrotyloma densiflorum var. densiflorum. https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=132570, retrieved 25 March 2023
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