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Synonyms: |
Psoralea foliosa Oliv. |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Small shrub, 1-3 m tall. Branchlets densely pubescent. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets obovate to oblanceolate, up to 3.5 cm long, acute the apex with a small recurved mucronate tip, densely gland-dotted on both surfaces; margin entire. Flowers in dense axillary and sub-terminal heads; standard white to pale mauve-blue with a darker purple centre or purple veining; keel purple with yellow glands at the tip. Pod up to 7 × 4 mm, papery, minutely velvety. |
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Derivation of specific name: | foliosum: leafy, referring to the crowded leaves towards the branch ends. |
Habitat: | Montane grassland, evergreen forest margins and along edges of lakes and streams. |
Altitude range: | 1980 - 2135 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Kenya, Tanzania and the Nyika area in Malawi and Zambia. |
Malawi distribution: | N |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Wednesday 5 September 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. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 63. Verdcourt, B. (2000). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6) Pages 46 - 48. (Includes a picture). White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Page 332. as Otholobium foliosum |
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