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Dolichos falcatus

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Name

Identification
Dolichos trilobus L. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Dolichos andongensis Welw. ex Baker [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Dolichos falcatus Klein ex Willd. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Verified by Torre,A.,
Related name
  • Dolichos andongensis
  • Vigna tenuis
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  • Alistilus bechuanicus
  • Dolichos debilis
  • Dolichos trilobus
  • Dolichos falcatus

Flora

Entry for DOLICHOS trilobus L. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin (Acacia by M. Thulin, A. S. Hassan & B. T. Styles) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
DOLICHOS trilobus L. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1753).
DOLICHOS falcatus Klein ex Willd. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1802).
DOLICHOS debilis Hochst. ex A. Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1847).
?DOLICHOS formosoides Harms [family ], (1902).
Information
Perennial climbing herb; stems pubescent with spreading or appressed hairs. Leaflets broadly ovate to lanceolate, 1.5–9 x 0.2–9 cm, sometimes 3-lobed, pubescent or glabrescent. Inflorescences 2–3-flowered; pedicels 4–10 mm long; bracteoles 1–1.5(–2) mm long, 1–3-nerved. Calyx-tube 2–3.5 mm long; lobes triangular, 1–3 mm long. Standard pinkish, 0.9–1.2 cm long. Pod oblong, curved, 25–75 x 6–11.5 mm, glabrous or with minute hairs.

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