Rhynchosia monophylla Schltr.

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Plateau below Nhandore peak, Mt Gorongosa

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Slopes of Mt Pheza, Chimanimani Mts

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Plateau between Mutandani and Muvumodzi Rivers, eastern Chimanimani Mts.

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Synonyms:	Rhynchosia monophylla Schltr. var. eylesii Baker f. Rhynchosia prostrata Suess. Rhynchosia reptans Suess.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Trailing perennial herb growing from a woody rootstock. Stems up to 80 cm, pubescent with longer yellowish glandular hairs on the younger parts. Leaves 1-3 foliolate, 1-foliolate particularly on the flowering stems; leaflets broadly elliptic to ovate, 2-7.5 cm long, lateral leaflets shorter, pubescent on both surfaces, gland-dotted with prominent, often reddish venation below. Flowers solitary or in few-flowered clusters in the axils of 1-foliolate leaves. Standard deep yellow, flushed with red outside and reddish veining inside; wings pinkish-red; keel whitish tinged purple at the tip. Pods oblong to almost squarish, 9-15 mm long, pubescent with net-veining visible.
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Derivation of specific name:	monophylla: “1-leaf”, unifoliolate – leaves of single leaflets
Habitat:	In open grassland and woodland, conspicuously flowering after grass fires.
Altitude range:	1050 - 1800 m
Flowering time:	(Jan-) Sep - Dec
Worldwide distribution:	Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe; also Tanzania, South Africa, Eswatini.
Mozambique distribution:	MS
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Content last updated:	Thursday 26 March 2015
Literature:	Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 226. Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Pages 209 - 210. 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. Verdcourt, B. (2001). Papilionoideae: Tribe Phaseoleae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Pages 225 - 226. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 94.

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