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Adenodolichos punctatus subsp. punctatus [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
Adenodolichos punctatus subsp. punctatus [family LEGUMINOSAE], —Verdcourt in F.T.E.A., Leguminosae, Pap.: 704 (1971). —Lock, Leg. Afr. Check-list: 388 (1989).
Adenodolichos bequaertii var. purpureus De Wild. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot., Sér. IV, [Études Fl. Katanga] 2: 95 (1913). —R.E. Fries, Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo-Exped.: 102 (1914). Type from Dem. Rep. Congo (Katanga Prov.).
Adenodolichos obtusifolius R.E. Fr. [family LEGUMINOSAE], Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo-Exped.: 102 (1914). Type: Zambia, Lake Bangweulu (Bangweolo), Kabendemushi (Kawendi Musi), R.E. Fries 783 (UPS, holotype)*.
Information
Flowers probably always occurring before the leaves direct from the woody rootstock but inflorescences can be found on leafy shoots. Leaflets glabrous or slightly pubescent beneath. Corolla pink or purple, very rarely white. Pods often shorter than in subsp. bussei.
Habitat
Brachystegia woodland often with Monotes, Isoberlinia and Hymenocardia, semi-chipya woodland, chipya and dry grasslands, after burns
Altitude range
(590)1050–1500 m.
1500
1050
Distribution
Zambia S 8 km east of Choma, Mochipapa, fl. 29.v.1955, E.A. Robinson 1281 (K).Zambia E Chipata Distr., near Fort Young, fl. ix.1896, Nicholson s.n. (K).Zambia C 100–129 km east of Lusaka, Chakwenga Headwaters, fl. & fr. 29.ix.1963, E.A. Robinson 5664 (K).Zambia W Kitwe, fl. & fr. 27.viii.1967, Mutimushi 2031 (K; NDO).Mozambique Recorded by Wilczek, loc. cit.Zambia N Mbala Distr., Kambole, Nutt s.n. (K).Malawi C Dowa Distr., 11 km north of Lumbadzi (Lombadzi) on road to Kasungu, fl. & fr. 23.vi.1970, Brummitt 11655 (K).Zimbabwe N Centenary Distr., Banirembizi (Bandilombidzi), fl. & fr. 26.ix.1955, Wild 4674 (K; SRGH).Zambia B 9.6 km north of Kaoma (Mankoya), fl. 18.vii.1961, Angus 2985 (FHO; K).
Distribution (external)
Dem. Rep. Congo
Tanzania
Angola
Adenodolichos punctatus subsp. punctatus [family LEGUMINOSAE]
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