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Zornia latifolia

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Name

Identification
Zornia latifolia Sm. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Sciamarelli, A., Zornia diphylla [family LEGUMINOSAE ]
Related name
  • Hedysarum diphyllum
  • Zornia sericea
  • Zornia lanata
  • Zornia surinamensis
  • Zornia vestita
  • Zornia latifolia
  • Zornia diphylla
Common name
  • ẹ̀mú (Verger) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for Zornia latifolia Sm. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Zornia latifolia Sm. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Rees Cycl. 39, No. 4 (1819); Milne-Redhead l.c. 89; Léonard l.c. 354; not of DC. (1825).
Zornia gracilis DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1825)
Zornia diphylla [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], of F.W.T.A., ed1, 1: 413; Kew Bull1929: 18partly; of ChevBot188, partly; not of Pers.
Information
A wiry perennial herb often remaining green throughout the dry season; flowers yellow.
Range
Native of tropical S. America, introduced as a weed in W. Africa and Belgian Congo.
Distribution
Sen. Cape Verde Perrottet!Fr. Sud. fide Chev. l.c.S. L. Freetown (fl. & Afr. Oct.) Deighton 2146! Njala (fl. 8 fr. Mar.) Deighton 4592! Rokupr (fl. 8 fr. Feb.) Deighton 4264!Lib. Monrovia (fl. & fr. Jan.) Baldwin 14072! Sinkor (fl. 8 fr. June) Barker 1366!IV. C. fide Chev. l.c.G. C. Accra Don! Achimota (fl. 8 fr. Jan.) Akpabla! Keta (fl. 8 fr. May) Darko 563!Togo Lome Warnecke 287!Dah. fide Chev. l.c.S. Nig. Ibadan (fl. & fr. Dec.) Meikle 911! Idanre (fl. 8 fr. Oct.) Keay FHI 25526! Sapoba (fl. 8 fr. Nov.) Keay FHI 28063! Port Harcourt (fr. June) Maitland!

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