Tephrosia elata
heckmanniana
heckmanniana
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Habit
Miombo woodland
Lilayi Lodge, Kafue Distr.
Feb 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Inflorescence
Miombo woodland
Lilayi Lodge, Kafue Distr.
Feb 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Inflorescence
Miombo woodland
Lilayi Lodge, Kafue Distr.
Feb 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Miombo woodland
Lilayi Lodge, Kafue Distr.
Feb 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Miombo woodland
Lilayi Lodge, Kafue Distr.
Feb 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Miombo woodland
Lilayi Lodge, Kafue Distr.
Feb 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
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Tephrosia heckmanniana Harms |
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Mostly annual or sometimes biennial, shrubby herb, 0.5-2 m high, branching above. Stems and branches smooth, appressed pubescent. Leaves pinnate, usually with 6-10 pairs of leaflets; leaflets oblanceolate, elliptic to linear-elliptic, 3-8 cm long, sometimes emarginate at the apex, hairless above, shortly appressed-pubescent beneath; stipules up to 16 mm long, linear, often falcate. Racemes terminal and axillary, 10-30 cm long. Calyx 3.5-8 mm long, densely and shortly appressed-pubescent. Flowers 12-18 mm long, purple or reddish; standard truncate to cordate at the base. Pods 35-80 mm long, pale straw-coloured, more or less hairless. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | elata: tall, high |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC (Katanga), Burundi, southern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Brummitt, R.K., Harder, D.K., Lewis, G.P., Lock, J.M., Polhill, R.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(3) Pages 167 - 168. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 54. As Tephrosia heckmanniana Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 227. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 51. As Tephrosia heckmanniana Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 134. Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 27. as Tephrosia sp. nr. heckmanniana Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 103. as tephrosia elata heckmanniana |
Other sources of information about Tephrosia elata subsp. heckmanniana var. heckmanniana:
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Flora of Malawi: Tephrosia elata subsp. heckmanniana var. heckmannianaFlora of Mozambique: Tephrosia elata subsp. heckmanniana var. heckmanniana
Flora of Zambia: Tephrosia elata subsp. heckmanniana var. heckmanniana
Flora of Zimbabwe: Tephrosia elata subsp. heckmanniana var. heckmanniana
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Tephrosia elataAfrican Plant Database: Tephrosia elata
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Tephrosia elata
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Tephrosia elata
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Tephrosia elata
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Wikipedia: Tephrosia elata