Pleurolobus salicifolius (Poir.) H. Ohashi & K. Ohashi
var. salicifolius

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Pleurolobus salicifolius var. salicifolius

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Synonyms:	Desmodium paleaceum Guill. & Perr. Desmodium salicifolium (Poir.) DC. Hedysarum salicifolium Poir.
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Description:	Erect somewhat woody shrubby herb up to 3.5 m tall. Stems hairy. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets oblong-elliptic to ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, 3–17.5 cm long, hairless on upper surface except for the midrib, appressed-hairy on the main veins beneath; petiole up to 6 cm long, sometimes rather thick and channelled; stipules ovate-lanceolate, 7–18 mm long, ciliate, persistent. Inflorescences terminal, fairly lax in this variety, 9–30 cm long, finely hairy; peduncle 10–25 mm long; pedicels 2.5–4.5 mm long. Calyx with tube 1 mm long; lobes 1.5–2 mm long, triangular, finely hairy. Standard pinkish-purple becoming blue, or white, yellow or greenish-yellow, obovate, 6.5 mm long; wings pink, purple or yellow-green, mauve at apex, keel pink or yellowish-green. Fruits 3–4.5 cm long, consisting of 3–7 oblong, only slightly constricted articles, each 4.5–8.5 mm long, distinctly thickened at the margins, finely hairy and with raised veining when mature.
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Derivation of specific name:	salicifolium: leaves like a willow (Salix sp.)
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Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in tropical Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands.
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Literature:	Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 34 - 35. as Desmodium salicifolium (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 salicifolium Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 20. as Desmodium salicifolium densiflorum 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 salicifolium salicifolium Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 219. as Desmodium salicifolium 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 salicifolium Ohashi, H. & Ohashi, K. (2019). Desmodium (Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae) of Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands Journal of Japanese Botany 94(3) Page 145. as Desmodium salicifolium salicifolium Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 59. as Desmodium salicifolium salicifolium Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 150 - 151. as Desmodium salicifolium (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 64. as Desmodium salicifolium 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 salicifolium Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 211. as Desmodium salicifolium Verdcourt, B. (2000). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6) Pages 5 - 19. as Desmodium salicifolium (Includes a picture).

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