Dolichos sericeus(Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Verdc. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Verdcourt,B., Dolichos formosusHochst. ex A.Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Verified by Verdcourt,B.,
Related name
Dolichos formosus
Dolichos sericeus
Phaseolus not on sheet
Dolichos trilobus
Phaseolus sp.
Flora
Entry for Dolichos formosus A. Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
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
Dolichos formosusA. Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Fl. Abyss. i. 225.
Information
Stems wide-twining, finely downy when young. Stipules 2–2 1/2 lines, blunt, scarious. Petioles 2–4 in.; leaflets 3, membranous, ovate-acuminate, glabrous on both sides when mature; the central one 2–3 in. long; side ones very oblique. Racemes 3–4-flowered on spreading peduncles reaching 2–3 in. long. Pedicels 1/8– 1/4 in., finely downy. Calyx campanulate, slightly silky, 3/8 in. deep, the upper teeth connate, the side ones deltoid, the lowest lanceolate. Corolla red, twice the calyx. Pod 2–3 in. long, 3/8 in. broad, membranous, glabrous, blunt, much reflexed, 8–10-seeded.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper! and others; and a variety with downy stems and leaves, and pod clothed with persistent grey tomentum.
Notes
A. Richard describes also a D.? mitis, gathered in Abyssinia by Quartin-Dillon, which, so far as known, differs from this by its rhomboidal end-leaflets and pods attenuated at the point.
