Indigofera rhynchocarpa Welw. ex Baker
var. rhynchocarpa

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Indigofera rhynchocarpa var. rhynchocarpa

Picture: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam, Harare

Indigofera rhynchocarpa var. rhynchocarpa

Picture: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam, Harare

Indigofera rhynchocarpa var. rhynchocarpa

Picture: Mark Hyde
Mbizi Game Park

Indigofera rhynchocarpa var. rhynchocarpa

Picture: Mark Hyde
Christon Bank

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Status: Native
Description:
Mostly a shrub but occasionally a suffrutex or small tree. Leaves imparipinnate with 5-9 leaflets; stipels 1-4.5 mm long, subulate-setaceous, erect or spreading. Leaflets: terminal 3-12 × 2-7 cm, broadly obovate-elliptic; apex rounded; lateral leaflets often narrower. Inflorescence a raceme of numerous flowers. The flowers are small and inconspicuous but the fruits have a very distinct "hockey-stick" shape.
Type location:
Angola
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: rhynchocarpa: with beaked fruit
Habitat: In Brachystegia woodland.
Altitude range:
Flowering time:Oct - Dec
Worldwide distribution: Angola. Burundi, CAR, DRC, Rwanda, Chad, Nigeria, Togo, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): N,W,C,S
Zambian distribution (Provinces): Nw,Lk
Growth form(s): Tree, shrub over 2 m.
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Content last updated: Sunday 15 April 2018
Literature:

Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 311. (Includes a picture).

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 69.

Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 222.

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 245.

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 49.

Schrire, B.D. (2012). Papilionoideae-Indigofereae Flora Zambesiaca 3(4) Pages 119 - 121. (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 100.

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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Indigofera rhynchocarpa var. rhynchocarpa.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=129220, retrieved 28 March 2024

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