Neorautanenia brachypus (Harms) C.A. Sm.
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The Hide, close to Shumba Picnic Site, Hwange NP
Photo: Bart Wursten
The Hide, close to Shumba Picnic Site, Hwange NP
Photo: Bart Wursten
The Hide, close to Shumba Picnic Site, Hwange NP
Photo: Bart Wursten
The Hide, close to Shumba Picnic Site, Hwange NP
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Dolichos brachypus Harms Neorautanenia amboensis auct.
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Sub-erect, scrambling or occasionally prostrate perennial herb up to c. 1 m tall, growing from a large underground tuber. Stems pale yellowish-brown, up to 1.5 m long. Leaves 3-foliolate, blue-green with yellow veining; leaflets rhombic-obovate to almost round, entire to somewhat 3-lobed; lateral lobes somewhat asymmetric, more or less densely velvety. Inflorescences in axillary racemes, 6-29 cm long with 2-3 flowers at each node. Standard dark blue to mauve inside, more greyish outside. Pods linear-oblong, up to 10.5 × 1.7 cm, densely covered in short and longer hairs, dehiscent. |
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Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa. |
Botswana distribution:
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N,SW,SE |
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Literature:
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Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 224.
Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Pages 76 - 77.
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 50.
Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 70.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-23
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2023).
Flora of Botswana: Species information: Neorautanenia brachypus. https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=131370, retrieved 27 March 2023
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