Tephrosia villosa (L.) Pers.
subsp. ehrenbergiana (Schweinf.) Brummitt
var. daviesii Brummitt

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Tephrosia villosa subsp. ehrenbergiana var. daviesii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along River Drive, Zambezi National Park

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Status:	Native
Description:	See var. ehrenbergiana for general description details. This variety differs in having the dense hairs on stems and and leaf rhachis silvery-white and not brownish.
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Derivation of specific name:	villosa: densely covered in long hairs, villose. ehrenbergiana: after Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795-1876), German naturalist, zoologist, comparative anatomist, geologist and microscopist.
Habitat:	In mopane woodland in major river valleys on basaltic soils.
Altitude range:	550 - 1100 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia.
Mozambique distribution:	T
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Content last updated:	Friday 4 March 2016
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) Page 136. 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.

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Flora of Botswana: Tephrosia villosa subsp. ehrenbergiana var. daviesii
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Tephrosia villosa
African Plant Database: Tephrosia villosa
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Tephrosia villosa
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Wikipedia: Tephrosia villosa