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Dolichos lualabensis
ufipaensis
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Flowering habit
Miombo woodland
Mkushi Farming Block, Mkushi Distr.
Nov 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Leafy habit
Miombo woodland
Mkushi Farming Block, Mkushi Distr.
Nov 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Miombo woodland
Mkushi Farming Block, Mkushi Distr.
Nov 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Miombo woodland
Mkushi Farming Block, Mkushi Distr.
Nov 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Miombo woodland
Mkushi Farming Block, Mkushi Distr.
Nov 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Pods
Miombo woodland
Mkushi Farming Block, Mkushi Distr.
Nov 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Mature leaves
Miombo woodland
Cantebury Estates, Mkushi Distr.
Feb 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Mature leaves
Miombo woodland
Cantebury Estates, Mkushi Distr.
Feb 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Frequency: | Locally common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Prostrate herb up to c. 40 cm long, arising from a perennial rootstock; stems annual, unbranched, zigzag, covered with spreading pubescence; leaves 1-foliolate; leaflet 4–18 × 2–8 cm, elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, acute at the apex, rounded to subcordate at the base, pubescent on both surfaces, more densely so on veins of lower surface, 3–5-veined from the base; petiole 3–7 mm long; flowers axillary, in pairs or in 3–17-flowered fascicles; calyx spreading white pubescent; tube 3 mm long; lobes 1–3 mm long, triangular, upper pair fused along most of their length; standard purple or greenish-brown with purple flushing outside or inside, 14–20 × 12–20 mm, round or almost so; wings purple; keel paler or white; pods 5–6.5 × 1–1.2 cm, oblanceolate, shortly stipitate, sparsely pubescent on the surfaces, with spreading hairs on the margins, 3–5-seeded; seeds dark reddish-brown, 6–8 × 5–6 × 2–3 mm, oblong or rounded, compressed. |
| Type location: |
Tanzania |
| Notes: | |
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| Habitat: | Miombo woodland |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N,W,E |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,N,E,C |
| Growth form(s): | Perennial. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 16 March 2023 |
| Literature: |
Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Page 92. |
Other sources of information about Dolichos lualabensis subsp. ufipaensis:
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Dolichos lualabensisBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Dolichos lualabensis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Dolichos lualabensis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Dolichos lualabensis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Dolichos lualabensis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Dolichos lualabensis
JSTOR Plant Science: Dolichos lualabensis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Dolichos lualabensis
Plants of the World Online: Dolichos lualabensis
Tropicos: Dolichos lualabensis
Wikipedia: Dolichos lualabensis
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