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Tephrosia uniflora
uniflora
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Just outside gate to Pungwe river, Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Just outside gate to Pungwe river, Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Just outside gate to Pungwe river, Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Just outside gate to Pungwe river, Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Just outside gate to Pungwe river, Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Just outside gate to Pungwe river, Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Tephrosia anthylloides Webb Tephrosia mossambicensis Schinz Tephrosia uniflora Pers. var. parvifolia Baker. f. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual or short-lived perennial herb, growing from a taproot. Stems branching from the base, spreading or ascending up to 80 cm high. Young stems appressed or spreading hairy. Leaves with 2-4(5) pairs of leaflets decreasing in size towards the base of the leaf, terminal ones 15-35 mm long, obovate-oblanceolate o sometimes elliptic, hairless above, greyish appressed hairy beneath; stipules linear, 5-8 mm long. Flowers solitary or paired in the leaf axils, pink to purple. Pod linear-oblong, 46-64 mm, curved upwards at the tip, loosely appressed or ascending hairy. Seeds 9-14. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | uniflora: one-flowered |
| Habitat: | In mopane woodland, mixed woodland, on rocky outcrops and open disturbed ground. |
| Altitude range: | Up to 900 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Cape Verde Islands, from Senegal to Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Angola, Namibia and Limpopo, South Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | T,MS,GI |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Wednesday 18 October 2017 |
| 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 131 - 133. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 228. 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 52. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 73. |
Other sources of information about Tephrosia uniflora subsp. uniflora:
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Flora of Botswana: Tephrosia uniflora subsp. unifloraFlora of Zimbabwe: Tephrosia uniflora subsp. uniflora
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Tephrosia unifloraBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Tephrosia uniflora
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Tephrosia uniflora
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Tephrosia uniflora
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iNaturalist: Tephrosia uniflora
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tephrosia uniflora
JSTOR Plant Science: Tephrosia uniflora
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Tephrosia uniflora
Plants of the World Online: Tephrosia uniflora
Tropicos: Tephrosia uniflora
Wikipedia: Tephrosia uniflora
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