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Teramnus stolzii

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Identification
Teramnus stolzii Baker,f. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Teramnus micans (DeWild.) Hauman [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Verdcourt,B.,
Related name
  • Teramnus micans
  • Teramnus stolzii
  • Teramnus uncinatus

Flora

Entry for Teramnus micans var. cyaneus De Wild. Hauman [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 3, Part 5, (2001) Author: B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt
Names
Teramnus micans var. cyaneus De Wild. Hauman [family LEGUMINOSAE], in F.C.B. 6: 104 (1954). —Verdcourt in Kew Bull. 24: 282 (1970); in F.T.E.A., Leguminosae, Pap.: 541, fig. 80/15 (1971). —Gonçalves in Garcia de Orta, Sér. Bot. 5: 119 (1982). —Thulin in Opera Bot., number 68: 121 (1983). TAB. 3.5.14, fig. D. Syntypes from Dem. Rep. Congo (Kivu Prov.).
Glycine cyanea De Wild. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 12: 8 (1924).
Teramnus stolzii Baker f. [family LEGUMINOSAE], Legum. Trop. Africa: 365 (1929). Type from Tanzania.
Information
Leaflets oblong-elliptic, obtuse to rounded at the apex. Calyx mostly densely hairy all over. Corolla often, but not always, blue to purple.
Habitat
Forest edges, extending down rivers, in grassland and thicket, sometimes on marshy ground
Altitude range
900–1500 m.
1500
900
Distribution
Malawi S Blantyre Distr., near Chilomoni Dam, fl. & fr. 15.v.1970, Brummitt 9866 (K).Zambia E Chipata Distr., Kalichero, fl. ii.1962, Verboom 452 (K).Malawi C Nkhotakota Distr., Chipata Hill, fr. 4.v.1963, Verboom 881 (K; SRGH).Zambia N Isoka Distr., Luangwa Valley, upper Ntonga (Mtonga) R. bank, fr. 20.x.1958, Verboom LK 117 (K).
Distribution (external)
Dem. Rep. Congo
East Africa
Notes
Gonçalves, loc. cit., also cites this variety from Mozambique, T Dómuè, fl. 9.iii.1964, Torre & Paiva 11105 (LISC).Also grown in Zimbabwe at Chipinge Experimental Station, fr. 5.v.1993, CIAT 19655 (K).Var. fagifolius Hauman, with leaves like those of var. micans but with less angled stems, occurs in a zone from Cameroon to Uganda.

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