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Stylosanthes fruticosa

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Name

Identification
Stylosanthes fruticosa (Retz.) Alston [family LEGUMINOSAE ]
Related name
  • Stylosanthes fruticosa
Common name
  • bala korama (K&A) (SENEGAL, MAINDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • mbono muso (Hayes fide JMD) nbono (Hallam) (THE GAMBIA, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • bala korama (K&A) (SENEGAL, MANINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • wild lucerne., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • damel (Hallam) (THE GAMBIA, WOLOF), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • bâda gotur (K&A) (SENEGAL, DIOLA (Fogny)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • damel (A.Chev.) (SENEGAL, NON), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for STYLOSANTHES fruticosa (Retz.) Alston [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
STYLOSANTHES fruticosa (Retz.) Alston [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1931);
Arachis fruticosa Retz. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1788). Fig. 226 A, B. [type as above]
STYLOSANTHES flavicans Bak. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1871).
STYLOSANTHES suborbiculata Chiov. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1915);. type: S3, “Giumbo”, Paoli 239 (FT holo.).
Information
Woody herb, 0.1–1 m tall, usually with a thick woody rootstock. Stems pubescent to densely hairy. Leaflets elliptic or lanceolate, 5–33 x 1–9 mm, usually pubescent and ± bristly. Receptacle 5–7 mm long; calyx-lobes 2.5–3 mm long. Standard 5–7 x 4–5 mm. Pod 4–9 mm long with articles 3.5–4 x 2–2.5 mm, usually densely pubescent.
Range
N1; C1; S1–3 widespread in tropical Africa,
Altitude range
0–1050 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett 4523; Gillett, Hemming & Watson 22481; O’Brien 47.
Distribution (external)
Arabia
Madagascar
India
Ceylon
Notes
S. suborbiculata is a coastal dune form in S Somalia that would probably best be treated as a subspecies of S. fruticosa. It is less hairy than normal S. fruticosa and has proportionally broader leaves. Chiovenda (1915) erroneously described it as without an axis rudiment. It does not seem to be identical with the East African plant treated as a variant of S. erecta P. Beauv. by Verdcourt in Fl. Trop. E. Afr. (1971).

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