Tephrosia decora Welw. ex Baker

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Zambia records: View all records (10)

Records of this taxon from Zambia are shown in the table below. Cases where the taxon is native, naturalised, possibly planted or definitely planted are all listed.

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Record number    No of images    Record date    Recorder(s)    Coll.    Det.    Conf.    Herbaria    Habitat    Location    Loc code(s)    Outing code    Planted code    Country    QDS    Grid ref.    FZ Div    Alt. (m)    Notes    Lat    Long    Loc Acc Code   
83915020 Mar 1996DK Harder
B Luwiika
HH Schmidt
NB Zimba
DK Harder
B Luwiika
HH Schmidt
NB Zimba
341
RM Polhill
B Luwiika
K

Kalabo District; In the Lukona local forest; 3.3 km W from Lukona Basic School. 0Zambia1522B4 B1140Approx. 40 cm tall; stems light green with grey hairs; leaves light green with grey hairs underneath, dark green on top; flowers bright red; fruits yellowish green pods with short brown hairs.-15.38333322.8666675
8391301 Mar 1996DK Harder
B Luwiika
NB Zimba
DK Harder
B Luwiika
NB Zimba
716
DK Harder
MO

Kaoma District; 3 km NW along Kaoma-Lukulu Road from junction of Kaoma-Mongu Road. 0Zambia B1050Shrub; to 1 m high; growing in the thicket understorey; leaves bluish green with fine white hairs on the underside; flowers cream to red; pods flat, green and hairy.0
8391401 Mar 1996DK Harder
B Luwiika
NB Zimba
DK Harder
B Luwiika
NB Zimba
743
RM Polhill
K

In a matrix of woodland and Cryptosepalum thicketsKaoma District; 51.3 km NW along Kaoma-Lukulu Road, from junction of Kaoma-Mongu Road. 0Zambia1424C2 B1080Shrub; to 0.3 m; common; leaves green on the upperside, underside with white wooly hairy; flowers orange with brown hairs around the bases.-14.59444424.3341675
83912028 Feb 1996DK Harder
B Luwiika
NB Zimba
DK Harder
B Luwiika
NB Zimba
3593
RM Polhill
K

Collections in slightly disturbed miombo. Kaoma District; ca. 21.3 km NW of Kaoma on Kaoma-Kasempa Road.0Zambia1424D2 B0Perennial; to 0.5 m; plant with general brown-golden tint; calyx, outside of standard and young fruit with black-brown hairs; standard brown outside, orange inside; wings bright orange; keel white-orange.-14.66750024.8194445
83911025 Feb 1996MG Bingham
DK Harder
MG Bingham
DK Harder
3539
RM Polhill
K

Open woodland near habitations, deep miombo soils with some limestone outcrops. Lusaka District; Lusaka East; Kanyanja; Senyame Farm; Kafue Powerline Road; ca. 5 km S then ca. 3.5 km W to open woodland near habitations, deep miombo soils with some limestone outcrops. 0Zambia1528C2 C1350Occasional; on degraded hillside, pubescence brown-black on all parts, particularly noticeable on smaller, young parts; calyx dark brown; all petals orange; pods deep green with brown-black hairs.-15.56472228.4886115
8391609 Mar 1995DK Harder
B Luwiika
MM Nawa
NB Zimba
DK Harder
B Luwiika
MM Nawa
NB Zimba
182
RM Polhill
K

In degraded woodland on sand, collections along Manyinga River in flooded area. Kabompo District; Kambyenyuna forest along the Kabompo-Mwinilunga Road ca. 11 km from the Loloma Hospital road junction in Manyinga. 0Zambia1324A4 B1140Fairly abundant; in woodland; leaves and stem with small brown hairs; standard brown, keel purple; pods with small brown, dense hairs.-13.35277824.2844445
6365305 Mar 1965EA Robinson
EA Robinson
R 6417
Peat bogChakwenga Headwaters area1710Zambia1529A2 C1075From E.A.Robinson's collection written by Bob Drummond-15.15210029.3537004

Total records found: 7



Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Records of: Tephrosia decora.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species-display.php?species_id=129640, retrieved 6 April 2025

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