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Tephrosia muenzneri

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Identification
Tephrosia muenzneri Harms [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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Entry for TEPHROSIA muenzneri Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1971) Author: J. B. GILLETT, R. M. POLHILL & B. VERDCOURT
Names
TEPHROSIA muenzneri Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in E.J. 45: 310 (1910); Brummitt in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 41: 381 (1968). Type: Tanganyika, Ufipa District, Msambia [Msamwia], Muenzner 197 (B, holo. †); Chapota, Richards 13368A (K, neo.!, EA, iso. !)
Information
Resembles T. dasyphylla subsp. amplissima but the petiole as distinct from the 1–3 mm. long basal pulvinus is absent, the unifoliolate leaves are up to 10 cm. long and 5 cm. wide, the calyx-teeth hardly longer than the tube and the young pods are definitely downwards curved.
Range
DISTR. T4
Altitude range
1500–1800 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Ufipa District new Sumbawanga–Mbala [Abercorn] road, Chapota turn-off, 19 Oct. 1959, Richards 11509 ! & 22 Oct. 1960, Richards 13368A !
Distribution (external)
; Zambia

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