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Amphicarpaea africana

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Identification
Amphicarpaea africana Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Dolichos unrecorded
  • Glycine unrecorded
  • Amphicarpaea africana
  • Shuteria africana

Flora

Entry for Amphicarpaea africana Hook.f. Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 3, Part 5, (2001) Author: B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt
Names
Amphicarpaea africana Hook.f. Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 136 (1921). —E.G. Baker, Legum. Trop. Africa: 355 (1929). —Brenan in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8: 409 (1954), as “Amphicarpa”. —Hauman in F.C.B. 6: 90, pl. 7 (1954). —Hepper in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 560 (1958) as “Amphicarpa”. —Turner & Fearing in Southw. Naturalist 9: 211 (1964). —Verdcourt in F.T.E.A., Leguminosae, Pap.: 511, fig. 73 (1971), as “Amphicarpa”. —Thulin in Opera Bot., number 68: 116, t. 26, fig. 1 (1983), as “Amphicarpa”. —Lock, Leg. Afr. Check-list: 388 (1989). TAB. 3.5.17. Type from Cameroon.
Shuteria africana Hook.f. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 190 (1864). —J.G.Baker in F.T.A. 2: 177 (1871).
Information
Climbing perennial herb. Stems slender, covered in pale to ferruginous sericeous hairs. Leaflets 2.5–6 × 2–4.8 cm, elliptic to broadly elliptic or narrowly to broadly ovate, mucronate, sparsely sericeous on upper surface, sparsely to densely sericeous beneath; petiole 1.5–8.7 cm long; rhachis 0.3–1.5 cm long; stipules 6–10 mm long, lanceolate, striate, persistent. Inflorescences of many-flowered lax racemes; peduncle 2–7 cm long; bracts 5–10 × 2–3 mm, oblong-lanceolate, striate. Calyx tube 5–7 mm long; lobes 2–4 × 1–3 mm, triangular. Standard deep violet to lavender, paler towards the centre and base, 10–15 × 5–7 mm, obovate; wings and keel violet or white tinged with blue or purple. Pod 2–3.5 cm × 4–6 mm, linear-oblong, mucronate, compressed, glabrous except along the ciliate margin, 3–4-seeded. Seeds dark brown or deep purple, 3 × 2 × 2 mm, ovoid.
Habitat
Montane evergreen rain forest margins and clearings, and stream sides
Range
Widespread in tropical Africa
Altitude range
1050–2200 m.
2200
1050
Distribution
Malawi S Mt. Mulanje, Great Ruo Gorge, fl. & fr. 17.vi.1962, E.A. Robinson 5372 (K).Malawi C Dedza Mt., top of ridge north of the radio mast, fl. 24.iv.1970, Brummitt 10101 (K; MAL).Malawi N Nyika Plateau, fr. 11.viii.1975, Pawek 9959 (K; MAL; MO).Zambia E Nyika Plateau, upper slopes of Kangampande Hill, fl. & fr. 4.v.1952, F. White 2779 (FHO; K).

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