Otholobium foliosum (Oliv.) C.H.Stirt.
subsp. foliosum

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Lusero Forest, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms:	Psoralea foliosa Oliv.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Small shrub, 1-3 m tall. Branchlets densely pubescent. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets obovate to oblanceolate, up to 3.5 cm long, acute at the apex with a small recurved mucronate tip, densely gland-dotted on both surfaces; margin entire. Flowers in dense axillary and sub-terminal heads; standard white to pale mauve-blue with a darker purple centre or purple veining; keel purple with yellow glands at the tip. Pod up to 7 × 4 mm, papery, minutely velvety.
Type location:	Kenya
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Derivation of specific name:	foliosum: leafy, referring to the crowded leaves towards the branch ends.
Habitat:	Montane grassland, evergreen forest margins and along edges of lakes and streams.
Altitude range:	1980 - 2135 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Kenya, Tanzania and the Nyika area in Malawi and Zambia.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	E
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	Mc
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Content last updated:	Wednesday 5 September 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 167. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 63. Verdcourt, B. (2000). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6) Pages 46 - 48. (Includes a picture). White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Page 332. as Otholobium foliosum

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