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Aeschynomene elaphroxylon
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Photo: Alistair Hull
Sandy island, c. 20 m from the bank of the Zambezi River, near the confluence with the Nyakasanga River.
Photo: Alistair Hull
Sandy island, c. 20 m from the bank of the Zambezi River, near the confluence with the Nyakasanga River.
Photo: Alistair Hull
Sandy island, c. 20 m from the bank of the Zambezi River, near the confluence with the Nyakasanga River.
Photo: Alistair Hull
Sandy island, c. 20 m from the bank of the Zambezi River, near the confluence with the Nyakasanga River.
Photo: Alistair Hull
Sandy island, c. 20 m from the bank of the Zambezi River, near the confluence with the Nyakasanga River.
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| Synonyms: |
Herminiera elaphroxylon Guill. & Perr. |
| Common names: | Ambatch (English) Balsawood tree (English) Pith-tree (English) |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small tree with a swollen, pithy, often conical stem. Branches with sticky glandular hairs and armed with short sharp spines. Leaves pinnate with 20-40 oblong, often emarginate leaflets, mostly hairless above, blue-green and pubescent below, particularly on the margin and mid-vein. Petiole and rhachis covered with bristly hairs and often with minute spines. Flowers in 1-4-flowered axillary inflorescences, yellow to orange on the standard. Pods spirally contorted, 10-14 cm long, 6-17-jointed, densely covered in bristly glandular hairs. |
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| Habitat: | By the sides of rivers, swamps and lakes, often standing in water, when the swollen stem will act as a float. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Throughout tropical Africa and Madagascar. Cultivated in Egypt, Java and South America. |
| Mozambique distribution: | N |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 280. (Includes a picture). Verdcourt, B. (2000). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6) Pages 63 - 77. (Includes a picture). |
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Flora of Zambia: Aeschynomene elaphroxylon
Flora of Zimbabwe: Aeschynomene elaphroxylon
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Aeschynomene elaphroxylonBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Aeschynomene elaphroxylon
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Aeschynomene elaphroxylon
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Aeschynomene elaphroxylon
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Aeschynomene elaphroxylon
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