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Droogmansia pteropus[Agg]
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Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Mazogo, Lago, Niassa, Mozambique
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Mazogo, Lago, Niassa, Mozambique
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park
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Dolichos pteropus Baker |
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Perennial herb, subshrub, shrub or very rarely a small tree. Leaflet elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, sometimes glaucous; base cuneate, rounded or weakly cordate; petiole winged, oblong to obcordate, sometimes nearly as large as the leaflet. Inflorescence usually elongated with flowers arranged in fascicles along the rhachis. Flowers white or yellow, usually with bluish-purple wings and keel. Fruit densely brown-hairy with 1-5 strongly flattened articles. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Burundi, DRC, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
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| Literature: |
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 48. As Droogmansia pteropus var. pteropus |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Droogmansia pteropusAfrican Plant Database: Droogmansia pteropus
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Droogmansia pteropus
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