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Dichrostachys platycarpa

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Identification
Isotype of Dichrostachys platycarpa Not on sheet [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Torre, 1954 Dichrostachys glomerata Not on sheet [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Dichrostachys platycarpa
  • Dichrostachys cinerea
  • Dichrostachys mutans
  • Dichrostachys glomerata

Flora

Entry for DICHROSTACHYS platycarpa Welwitsch [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 1, (1871) Author: Papilionaceae by Mr. J. G. Baker; Caesalpinieae and Mimoseae by Prof. Oliver)
Names
DICHROSTACHYS platycarpa Welwitsch [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], Apont. 576.
Information
A small slender spinose tree of 10–15 ft.; extremities pubescent at first. Pinnæ 10–18-jugate, with a stipitate gland between at least the upper pinnæ; leaflets as in D. nutans, 1–2 lines long, scarcely exceeding 1/24 in. in breadth. Spikes usually shorter than the leaves. Legume contorted, 2–4 in. ong, 3/4–1 1/4 in. broad.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch!Upper Guinea Bagroo river, Mann!
Notes
Dr. Bolle, in Peters' Mossamb. Bot. pp. 9, 10, cites both Dichrostachys tenuifolia, Benth., and D. cinerea, W. and A., as occurring in Zambesiland. The former species was first described from Madagascar specimens, while D. cinerea is Indian. I fear, however, that sufficient allowance has not been made for the great variability of D. nutans, and as I do not find specimens in Dr. Kirk's rich collections which I should refer to either of these in preference to D. nutans, I prefer to await further information before admitting them. I doubt if D. nutans be really distinct from D. cinerea .

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