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Maerua triphylla
pubescens
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| Synonyms: |
Maerua pubescens (Klotzsch) Gilg |
| Common names: | Small bead-bean (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Usually a much-branched scrambling shrub but occasionally a small tree. Leaves 3-foliolate with elliptic leaflets, the terminal leaflet about twice the size of the lateral leaflets; apex rounded or often notched. Flowers in short terminal or axillary heads; sepals green; petals white; stamens 12-16 (fewer than other species of Maerua), c. 2 cm long. Fruit bean-like, cylindric, up to 10 cm, somewhat constricted between the seeds. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | triphylla: with 3 leaflets |
| Habitat: | In woodland, often on termite mounds. |
| Altitude range: | |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | From Kenya and Tanzania south to Zimbabwe and Mozambique, also in Madagascar. |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,T,GI |
| Growth form(s): | Climber, tree, shrub over 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 14 June 2009 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 164. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, M. (1989). Guide to the trees and shrubs of the Mukuvisi Woodlands ?publisher. Page 37. as Maerua triphylla Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 238. 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 32. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 65. as Maerua pubescens Wild, H. (1960). Capparaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 222 - 224. As Maerua pubescens (Includes a picture). |
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Flora of Malawi: Maerua triphylla subsp. pubescensFlora of Zambia: Maerua triphylla subsp. pubescens
Flora of Zimbabwe: Maerua triphylla subsp. pubescens
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Maerua triphyllaAfrican Plant Database: Maerua triphylla
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Maerua triphylla
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Maerua triphylla
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iNaturalist: Maerua triphylla
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Maerua triphylla
JSTOR Plant Science: Maerua triphylla
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Maerua triphylla
Plants of the World Online: Maerua triphylla
Tropicos: Maerua triphylla
Wikipedia: Maerua triphylla
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