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Ononis cherleri

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Name

Identification
Ononis vaginalis Forssk. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Ononis vaginalis Vahl [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Ononis cherleri Forssk. [family LEGUMINOSAE ]
Related name
  • Ononis vaginalis
  • ononis mollis
  • Ononis cherleri
  • ononis cherleri
  • Ononis parvula
  • ononis reclinata
  • Ononis reclinata

Flora

Entry for ONONIS Cherleri Linn. [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
ONONIS Cherleri Linn. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], DC. Prod. ii. 162. A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. 161; Sibth. et Sm. Fl. Græc. t. 677;
ONONIS parvula Steud. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. 1102.
ONONIS reclinata Schweinf. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Information
Stems herbaceous, slender, 4–8 in. long, copiously and diffusely branched, the whole plant viscous. Leaflets 3, obovate-cuneate, apex inciso-crenate, central one stalked. Stipules adnate, half-sagittate. Flowers copious, axillary, solitary. Calyx 1/4– 3/8 in. deep, teeth narrow-linear, reaching down nearly to the base. Corolla between pink and purple, like the oblong turgid pod about equalling the calyx.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper!
Notes
Very near O. reclinata, from which it differs principally by its smaller flowers and pods.

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