VATOVAEA pseudolablab (Harms) Gillett [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
VATOVAEA pseudolablab (Harms) Gillett [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1966);
Vigna pseudolablab Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1913). Fig. 231. [type as above]
Phaseolus cibellii Chiov. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1915);. types: S1, “Baidoa”, Paoli 1114 & S3, “Anole Issa”, Paoli 556 (FT syn.).
Vatovaea biloba Chiov. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1951).
Information
Woody climber, although young plants may flower while still quite herbaceous, from a large tuber; stems glabrous to sparsely pubescent. Leaflets ± ovate, up to 6 x 5 cm, sometimes ± 3-lobed, glabrous to sparsely pubescent. Inflorescences long, many-flowered. Calyx glabrous; tube 2.5 mm long, lobes 2.5 mm long. Standard greenish to purplish blue, 1–1.8 cm long. Pods curved, flattened, 45–60 x 5.5–10 mm, widening towards the apex, first silky pubescent, becoming glabrescent.
Range
N1; C1, 2; S1
Altitude range
140–1150 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett 4410; Wieland 4475; Gillett, Hemming & Watson 22632.
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Sudan
N Uganda
Kenya
Tanzania
Oman
Notes
In the original material of Phaseolus cibellii from S1 the reflexed apical appendage of the style is lacking. The same is true for Gillett, Hemming & Watson 22632 from C2 (30 km S of Buulo Burti). As these plants otherwise completely fall within the variation range of V. pseudolablab, they are here considered as conspecific, but further studies are desirable.
VATOVAEA pseudolablab (Harms) Gillett [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
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