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Flemingia grahamiana
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Photo: Stefaan Dondeyne
Near confluence of tributary with Nhamadzi river, trail to Mt Binga area, lower Chimanimani Mts
Photo: Stefaan Dondeyne
Near confluence of tributary with Nhamadzi river, trail to Mt Binga area, lower Chimanimani Mts
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along cascades road to grass plateau above Morumbodzi Falls, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along cascades road to grass plateau above Morumbodzi Falls, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along cascades road to grass plateau above Morumbodzi Falls, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along cascades road to grass plateau above Morumbodzi Falls, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa
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| Synonyms: |
Eriosema erythrocarpon Beck Flemingia rhodocarpa Baker Moghania grahamiana (Wight & Arn.) Kuntze Moghania rhodocarpa (Baker) Hauman |
| Common names: | Stain-pod (English) |
| Frequency: | Common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb or woody subshrub, erect or subscandent, up to 2.5m high. Branches ribbed, covered with silky hairs when young. Leaves 3-foliate, up to 15 cm long, dull green above, pubescent and paler below, both surfaces with small reddish glands. Flowers in dense woolly clusters, greenish to creamy-white, sometimes with purple veining. Fruit a small inflated pod, up to 12 × 6 mm, covered in rusty-orange glands, leaving stains on touching. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | grahamiana: named after Robert C. Graham (1786-1845), Scottish physician and botanist. |
| Habitat: | In grassland and open woodland, along roadsides and in disturbed areas, often on sandy or rocky soils. |
| Altitude range: | 480 - 1800 m |
| Flowering time: | Jul - Sep |
| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in Tropical Africa, Northern Province, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Also as far as southern India. |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,T,M |
| Growth form(s): | Shrub over 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Wednesday 27 June 2012 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 161. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 307. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 27. 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 68. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 220. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 247. Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Pages 166 - 167. (Includes a picture). 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 48. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 60. Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 206 - 207. (Includes a picture). Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 99. |
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