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Dolichos acinaciformis

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Identification
Dolichos acinaciformis Jacq. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Dahl, A., Dolichos ensiformis L. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Dahl, A., Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Wikström, J.E.,
Related name
  • Dolichos acinaciformis
  • Dolichos ensiformis
  • Canavalia ensiformis

Flora

Entry for Canavalia gladiata DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 1, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
Canavalia gladiata DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Prodr. 2, 404;—Benth.! in Mart. Fl. Braz. p. 178. Wight, Ic. t. 753.
Canavalia Braziliensis Mart. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Dolichos gladiatus Linn. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 560.
Dolichos acinaciformis Jacq. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Ic. t. 559.
Information
stem voluble, glabrous or downy; leaflets broadly ovate, mostly acuminate, rigidly membranous, glabrous or pubescent underneath; upper lip of the calyx bilobed, shorter than the lobe, lower trifid; carina not beaked. Stem extensively climbing, the younger parts pubescent. Petioles 4–6 inches long. Leaflets 4–5 inches long, 2–3–4 inches wide, acute or acuminate, green, prominently nerved and veined beneath; our specimens pubescent underneath, the nerves on both sides hairy. Peduncles 8–12 inches long, several flowered beyond the middle; nodes tubercular. Ovary densely and appressedly hirsute. Legume 4–12 inches long, 1 1/2 inch wide.
Range
A native also of tropical Africa, India and S. America.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Port Natal, Gerrard & McKen! (Herb. D.)

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