Aeschynomene minutiflora Taub.
subsp. minutiflora

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Aeschynomene minutiflora subsp. minutiflora

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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect, sparsely branched annual herb, 15-60 cm high. Leaves mostly 6-12-foliolate, 5-25 mm long; leaflets, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 5-13 mm long, often emarginate and mucronulate at the apex, hairless, with minute translucent dots. Stipules leaf-like, lanceolate, 4-18 mm long. Inflorescences terminal on lateral branches, 4-8-flowered. Standard creamy-white, often tinged dull orange-yellow inside and green-veined below; wings creamy-white with tips or upper margins orange-yellow; keel creamy white. Fruit of 1-2 articles, joined by a narrow neck, each c. 2.5 × 2.2 mm, minutely tuberculate.
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Derivation of specific name:	minutiflora: with very small flowers
Habitat:	In Brachystegia and mopane woodland, often in thin sandy soil over rock or in sandy river beds.
Altitude range:	500 - 1830 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Mozambique distribution:	N,T
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Content last updated:	Friday 23 December 2011
Literature:	Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 65. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 216. As: Aeschynomene minutiflora 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 46. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 56. Verdcourt, B. (2000). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6) Pages 87 - 88.

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