Tephrosia acaciifolia Welw. ex Baker

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Lilayi Lodge, Lusaka District, Lusaka

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Synonyms:	Tephrosia melanocalyx Baker Tephrosia salicifolia Schinz
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Status:	Native
Description:	Annual or short-lived perennial herb, mostly up to 60 cm high, rarely taller, with simple to much branched, appressed- to ascending-pubescent stems. Leaves simple (unifoliolate), linear-lanceolate to linear, 5–17 cm long, hairless above, appressed- or rarely spreading-pubescent beneath; petiole 0–2 mm long; stipules triangular-linear, up to 5 mm long. Flowers in lax racemes up to 15 cm long, or commonly the lower flowers in the axils of the upper 1–2 foliage leaves, rarely with foliage leaves in the middle of the inflorescence; pedicels 1–3 mm long. Calyx 2.5–6 mm long, brown pubescent, the teeth equal or up to twice as long as the tube. Petals orange to red or pink, 2–3 times as long as the calyx; standard conspicuously brown pubescent on outside. Pods 40–60 mm long, appressed-pubescent, the hairs on the sutures dark brown to blackish and conspicuously darker than the grey or whitish hairs covering the surfaces.
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Habitat:	Woodland and open ground, often at roadsides.
Altitude range:	1050 - 1400 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Gauteng South Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	MS
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Literature:	Brummitt, R.K., Harder, D.K., Lewis, G.P., Lock, J.M., Polhill, R.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(3) Pages 160 - 162. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 34. As Tephrosia acaciaefolia Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 227. 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. as Tephrosia acaciaefolia Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 65. as Tephrosia acaciaefolia Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 72. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 213.

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