Dolichos pseudocomplanatus R.Wilczek

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Flower
Degraded miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Mar 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman

Habit
Degraded miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Mar 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman

Leaf
Degraded miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Mar 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman

Inflorescence
Degraded miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Mar 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman

Flower
Degraded miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Mar 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman

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Frequency:	Locally common
Status:	Native
Description:	Erect herb to 1 m tall, arising from a perennial tuberous rootstock. Stems annual, branched, angled, sometimes ribbed, sparsely to densely white or golden pilose. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate; terminal leaflet 2.6–7.2 × 0.9–3.1 cm, elliptic to obovate, lateral leaflets 1.9–5.7 × 0.8–2.8 cm, elliptic to obovate, the leaflets pubescent on both surfaces; petiole 1–3.2 cm; rhachis 7–12 mm long; petiolules 1–2 mm long; stipules 6–12 × 2–4 mm, lanceolate, pubescent, striate, persistent. Flowers axillary, solitary, in pairs or in 3–12-flowered fascicles, late or lack of development of the leaves giving these fascicles the appearance of a terminal pseudoraceme; pedicels 1–4(8) mm long, white pilose; bracts absent; bracteoles minute, caducous, placed on the pedicel well below the calyx. Calyx spreading white-pubescent; tube 3–5 mm long; lower lobes 2–5 mm long, linear, triangular, central lobe twice as long as the laterals, upper pair shorter 1–2 mm long, fused for almost all of their length. Standard purple, sometimes tinged greenish outside, 12–20 × 12–20 mm, round; wings and keel paler. Pods 2–4 cm × 4–7 mm, narrowly oblong, appressed pubescent or glabrous.
Type location:	DRC (Katanga)
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	pseudocomplanatus: falsely one-sided
Habitat:	Brachystegia and Chipya woodlands and grasslands
Altitude range:
Flowering time:	Feb - Apr
Worldwide distribution:	DRC (Katanga) and Zambia
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	N,W
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	Nw,N
Growth form(s):	Perennial.
Endemic status:	Near Endemic
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Content last updated:	Wednesday 19 April 2023
Literature:	Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Page 100.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Dolichos pseudocomplanatus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Dolichos pseudocomplanatus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Dolichos pseudocomplanatus
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Dolichos pseudocomplanatus
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