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Tephrosia dasyphylla
dasyphylla
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from Small Bridge to Penhalonga
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from Small Bridge to Penhalonga
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from Small Bridge to Penhalonga
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from Small Bridge to Penhalonga
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from Small Bridge to Penhalonga
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| Synonyms: |
Tephrosia luembensis De Wild. Tephrosia subfalcato-stipulata De Wild. |
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| Frequency: | Occasional |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Suffrutex up to 35(50) cm high. Stems mostly unbranched, with more or less spreading brownish woolly hairs. Leaves mostly 3-foliolate, sometimes unifoliolate or 5-foliolate leaves present; leaflets linear-oblong or very narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblanceolate, green and hairless above, densely grey or whitish hairy beneath; stipules up to 15 mm, linear-triangular. Flowers in dense terminal heads, often also in the upper axils. Calyx up to c. 12 mm long, with appressed grey or brown hairs. Standard and wings up to c. 28 mm long, pink, mauve or pale purple, rarely bluish; standard brown pubescent outside. Ovary and style pubescent. Pods 35-55 mm long, oblong, with golden-brown hairs. |
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| Habitat: | Grassland, miombo woodland and fringing forest. |
| Altitude range: | 1200 - 1700 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC (Katanga), Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and  Zimbabwe. |
| Mozambique distribution: | N |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 4 September 2011 |
| 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 198 - 199. Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 169. 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. |
Other sources of information about Tephrosia dasyphylla subsp. dasyphylla:
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Flora of Malawi: Tephrosia dasyphylla subsp. dasyphyllaFlora of Zambia: Tephrosia dasyphylla subsp. dasyphylla
Flora of Zimbabwe: Tephrosia dasyphylla subsp. dasyphylla
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Tephrosia dasyphyllaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Tephrosia dasyphylla
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Tephrosia dasyphylla
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Tephrosia dasyphylla
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tephrosia dasyphylla
JSTOR Plant Science: Tephrosia dasyphylla
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Tephrosia dasyphylla
Plants of the World Online: Tephrosia dasyphylla
Tropicos: Tephrosia dasyphylla
Wikipedia: Tephrosia dasyphylla
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