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Kotschya recurvifolia
recurvifolia
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Photo: Bart Wursten
At junction of Thazima-Kaperekezi rd and Chelinda rd, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
At junction of Thazima-Kaperekezi rd and Chelinda rd, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
At junction of Thazima-Kaperekezi rd and Chelinda rd, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
At junction of Thazima-Kaperekezi rd and Chelinda rd, Nyika National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Smithia congesta Baker Smithia drepanophylla Baker Smithia recurvifolia Taub. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect much branched somewhat aromatic sticky shrub 0.2–4 m tall. Stems pubescent and with longer whitish or golden bristly tubercular-based hairs, sometimes also covered with persistent stipules. Leaves often densely congested, 8–18-foliolate; leaflets narrowly oblong-falcate, always characteristically and distinctly curved at the apex, 3–11 mm long, base asymmetric, hairless except for bristles on the submarginal main vein, basal nerves 4–5; petiole and rhachis together typically very short, 3–20 mm long; margin sometimes minutely ciliate-denticulate; stipules triangular-lanceolate, 3–7 mm long, ciliate, persistent. Inflorescences axillary, dense, few- to several-flowered, 1.5–3.5 cm long, subsessile; pedicels 2–7 mm long; rhachis of inflorescence with long golden bristly hairs 1–2 mm long; bracts ovate, 5–7 mm long, with long golden bristly hairs on the margins. Calyx pubescent and ciliate with golden hairs, 5–12 mm long, 2-lipped; lips oblong, upper shortly to deeply emarginate or divided into diverging lobes, the lower divided for two-thirds of its length into 3 oblong-rounded or lanceolate acute lobes. Standard elliptic to rounded or obovate-oblong, 9–12 mm long, pale to golden-yellow or whitish, hairless; wings golden-yellow; keel greenish. Fruit of 1–3 articles, each article straight above, strongly curved beneath, 3.2 mm long, long hairy. |
| Notes: | Recently recorded from Mt Namuli and Mt Mabu. |
| Derivation of specific name: | recurvifolia: with recurved leaves. |
| Habitat: | Mostly in montane grassland and evergreen forest margins, also in secondary forest and streamsides and seepage channels of granite outcrops. |
| Altitude range: | 1590 - 2400 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. |
| Mozambique distribution: | Z |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 12 October 2018 |
| 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 164. (Includes a picture). Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 28. As Kotschya recurvifolia Harris, T., Darbyshire, I. & Polhill, R. (2011). New species and range extensions from Mt Namuli, Mt Mabu and Mt Chiperone in northern Mozambique Kew Bulletin 66(2) Page 248. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 62. Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 74. Verdcourt, B. (2000). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6) Pages 122 - 124. (Includes a picture). White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Page 328. |
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