Macrotyloma densiflorum (Welw. ex Baker) Verdc.
var. densiflorum

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Macrotyloma densiflorum var. densiflorum

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Mutinondo Wilderness Lodge, Mpika Distr. Muchinga Province

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Synonyms:	Dolichos densiflorus Welw. ex Baker Dolichos hendrickxii De Wild.
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Status:	Native
Description:	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.
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Derivation of specific name:	densiflorum: with a dense inflorescence
Habitat:	Miombo woodland, on sandy soils, often at edges of woodland near vleis and other grassy places.
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Worldwide distribution:	DRC, Angola, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe
Malawi distribution:	N,C
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Literature:	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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