Decorsea schlechteri (Harms) Verdc.
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Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique
Photo: Helen Pickering
On right hand side of road to Bakota Sky (Sichinga road on 1974 map) at then end of disturbed area as it meets woodland, next to a bicycle path going towards Livingstone
Photo: Helen Pickering
On right hand side of road to Bakota Sky (Sichinga road on 1974 map) at then end of disturbed area as it meets woodland, next to a bicycle path going towards Livingstone
Photo: Helen Pickering
On right hand side of road to Bakota Sky (Sichinga road on 1974 map) at then end of disturbed area as it meets woodland, next to a bicycle path going towards Livingstone
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road to Bue Maria, Nhambita.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road to Bue Maria, Nhambita.
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Catapu, Mpingwe, sawmill path about 50 m from junction with Suni path
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TCT-Catapú
Photo: Bart Wursten
Compound of Community Education Centre, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Umguza Nature Reserve, Bulawayo
Photo: Bart Wursten
Nhahomba area, Chimanimani National Reserve
Photo: Bart Wursten
Rimiti West, by Mutare - Birchenough Bridge Rd
Photo: Bart Wursten
Rimiti West, by Mutare - Birchenough Bridge Rd
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Synonyms:
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Dolichos schlechteri Harms ex Burtt Davy
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Perennial twining herb. Stems, slender, up to 3 m long. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets rhombic-lanceolate to triangular-ovate, up to 7.5 × 3.5 cm, with scattered short bristly hairs on both surfaces; lateral leaflets markedly asymmetrical falcate. Inflorescences often on leafless shoots. Flowers pale blue-violet, standard often tinged greenish-yellow. Pods linear, 7.5-12.5 cm long, curved at the tip, hairless. |
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Derivation of specific name:
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schlechteri: named after Friedrich Schlechter (1872-1925), German botanist and traveller. |
Habitat:
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In hot and dry deciduous woodland and scrub, on stony slopes and hillsides. |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and North West, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
Botswana distribution:
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Literature:
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Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 13.
Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 219.
Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Pages 157 - 159. (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.
Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 73. (Includes a picture).
Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 64.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2024).
Flora of Botswana: Species information: Decorsea schlechteri. https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=132630, retrieved 4 May 2024
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