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Stylosanthes bojeri

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Stylosanthes bojeri Vogel [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] Stylosanthes fruticosa (Retz.) Alston [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Du Puy; Ireland, H.,
Related name
  • Stylosanthes bojeri
  • Stylosanthes guianensis
  • Unrecorded unrecorded
  • Stylosanthes flavicans
  • Stylosanthes fruticosa

Flora

Entry for STYLOSANTHES Bojeri Vogel [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
STYLOSANTHES Bojeri Vogel [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Linnæa, xii. 68.
Information
A copiously branched ascending shrub with the branches clothed both with short pubescence and numerous long spreading yellowish bristles. Stipules scarious, pubescent and bristly on the back, 3/8– 1/2 in. deep, adnate to the articulated petiole except the rigid setaceous points. Leaflets oblanceolate, 3/4–1 in. long, 1/4– 3/8 in. broad, narrowed to a point and mucronate, rigid and prominently veined beneath, finely pubescent, and the edge and midrib below ciliated. Flowers in dense oblong terminal heads. Bracts imbricated, densely bristly and pubescent. Calyx 2 lines deep, the rudimentary floret about equalling it. Corolla tube 1/4 in. long. Pod with two articulations, about a quarter of an inch long, both it and the style finely pubescent.
Distribution
Zanzibar Mozamb. Dist. Bojer! Dr. Kirk!
Distribution (external)
Madagascar
Notes
The whole plant, unlike the other species, turns brownish when dried. General habit of the American S. guianensis, which has no barren floret.

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