Aeschynomene glauca R.E. Fr.

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Photo: Lari Merrett
Mutinondo Widerness Area, Mayense Main Camp: between rocks and Peter's dambo road

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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect subshrub, stems 10-40 cm tall, from woody rootstock, usually flowering after burns. Stems at first with tubercular-based hairs, later ± glabrous. Leaves 12-24 foliolate. Stipules appendaged at base. Inflorescences axillary, several- to 10-flowered, sometimes branched. Bracts persistent or tardily dehiscent. Articles of fruit glabrous.
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Derivation of specific name:	glauca (glaucous): light sea-green
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Flowering time:	Sep
Worldwide distribution:	Regional: Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique; DR Congo, Tanzania
Mozambique distribution:	N,T
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Literature:	Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 95. Verdcourt, B. (2000). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6) Page 96.

Flora of Burundi: Aeschynomene glauca
Flora of Malawi: Aeschynomene glauca
Flora of Zambia: Aeschynomene glauca

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