Vigna pygmaea R.E. Fr.

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Status:	Native
Description:	Short erect pyrophytic herb, up to 15 cm tall, flowering when leafless. Stem weakly pubescent. Leaves appearing after flowering, 3-foliolate, leaflets elliptic-oblong to linear-oblong, 1–8 cm long, almost hairless or with short appressed bristly pubescence on both surfaces; petiole 1.5–8 cm long; stipules lanceolate, 2–11 mm long, almost truncate or slightly bilobed at the base, only well developed on leafy stems. Inflorescence on a peduncle up to 17 cm long. Flower pale to deep mauve or violet, 9–12 mm long. Calyx almost hairless to densely covered with white and blackish-brown bristly pubescence; tube 2–3 mm long; lobes subequal, 1–4 mm long. Standard with 2 parallel widely spaced appendages and two smaller internal appendages; keel without a beak, slightly twisted towards the left. Pods linear-cylindrical, 3–4 cm long, densely covered with short, bristly, white and dark brown pubescence, apex with a curved beak.
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Derivation of specific name:	pygmaea: pygmy; very small.
Habitat:	Regularly burnt grassland and miombo woodland.
Altitude range:	900 - 2300 m
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Worldwide distribution:	DRC, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana.
Mozambique distribution:	N,MS
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Content last updated:	Wednesday 30 October 2019
Literature:	Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 42 - 43. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 171. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 58. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 37. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 229. Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Pages 135 - 136. 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. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 66. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 74.

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