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Aeschynomene glauca
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Photo: Lari Merrett
Mutinondo Widerness Area, Mayense Main Camp: between rocks and Peter's dambo road
Photo: Lari Merrett
Mutinondo Widerness Area, Mayense Main Camp: between rocks and Peter's dambo road
Photo: Lari Merrett
Mutinondo Widerness Area, Mayense Main Camp: between rocks and Peter's dambo road
Photo: Lari Merrett
Mutinondo Widerness Area, Mayense Main Camp: between rocks and Peter's dambo road
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Erect subshrub, stems 10-40 cm tall, from woody rootstock, usually flowering after burns. Stems at first with tubercular-based hairs, later ± glabrous. Leaves 12-24 foliolate. Stipules appendaged at base. Inflorescences axillary, several- to 10-flowered, sometimes branched. Bracts persistent or tardily dehiscent. Articles of fruit glabrous. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | glauca (glaucous): light sea-green |
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| Flowering time: | Sep |
| Worldwide distribution: | Regional: Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique; DR Congo, Tanzania |
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| Literature: |
Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 95. Verdcourt, B. (2000). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6) Page 96. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Aeschynomene glaucaAfrican Plant Database: Aeschynomene glauca
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Aeschynomene glauca
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