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Hylodesmum repandum
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Cecil Kop Nature Reserve, Mutare
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Bunga Forest lay-by, Vumba
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Near Chalet 2, Chirinda Forest
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Desmodium repandum (Vahl) DC. Desmodium scalpe DC. Hedysarum repandum Vahl |
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Usually a prostrate, trailing herb but sometimes growing into a more erect subshrub. Stems and branches covered with fine short hairs and longer bristly hairs particularly when young. Leaves 3-foliolate with leaflets rhombic to ovate, 2-11 cm long, with long and short hairs on both surfaces; margin entire, sometimes wavy. Petiole 1-10.5 cm long. Stipules deciduous, brown, oblong-lanceolate, up to 18 × 4 mm, pointed at th apex, finely and dansely puberulous and with scattered longer hairs, patricularly near the node. Inflorescence terminal, 7-30 cm long. Flowers orange to bright red. Fruit 1.3-4.5 cm long, of (1)4-5 obliquely lunate articles covered with hooked hairs, which make them stick tightly to clothing and animal fur. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | repandum: with wavy margins |
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| Flowering time: | Nov - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | Widely distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 34 - 35. as Desmodium repandum (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 157. as Desmodium repandum (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 20. as Desmodium repandum 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 67. as Desmodium repandum Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 219. as Desmodium repandum Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 168 - 169. as Desmodium repandum (Includes a picture). Fischer, E. & Killmann, D. (2008). Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Pages 508 - 509. as Desmodium repandum (Includes a picture). 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 47. as Desmodium repandum Ohashi, H. & Mill, R.R. (2000). Hylodesmum a new name for Podocarpium (Leguminosae) Edinburgh Journal of Botany 57(2) Pages 171 - 188. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 59. as Desmodium repandum Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 60 - 61. as Desmodium repandum (Includes a picture). Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 24. as Desmodium repandum Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 98. as Desmodium repandum Troupin, G. (1983). Fabaceae (Papilionaceae) Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume II Pages 68 - 69. as Desmodium repandum (Includes a picture). Verdcourt, B. (2000). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6) Pages 6 - 8. as Desmodium repandum (Includes a picture). |
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Hylodesmum repandum
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Hylodesmum repandumAfrican Plant Database: Hylodesmum repandum
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