Psophocarpus lancifolius
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Habit
Escarpment miombo woodland
Mitwaba area, Haut-Katanga Province
Apr 2025
Photo: Nick Wightman
Leaf
Escarpment miombo woodland
Mitwaba area, Haut-Katanga Province
Apr 2025
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Escarpment miombo woodland
Mitwaba area, Haut-Katanga Province
Apr 2025
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Escarpment miombo woodland
Mitwaba area, Haut-Katanga Province
Apr 2025
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial climber. Leaflets narrowly ovate, elliptic or lanceolate, ± lobed, pilose, golden-hairy. Inflorescence axillary, (sub)umbellate. Bracteoles 8-12 mm, striate. Calyx 5-lobed; upper 2 lobes ± completely fused. Corolla blue; petals white-tinged towards base. Pod oblong, black, 4-winged, 11-15-seeded. Seeds reddish-brown; hilum transversely bisecting the pale broadly elliptic aril. |
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DRC, Kivu |
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| Habitat: | Forest margins, grassland, moist places and formerly cultivated areas |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Nigeria, DR Congo, Central and East Africa southwards to Zimbabwe |
| Growth form(s): | Climber. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 42 - 43. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 167. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 225. Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Pages 64 - 65. (Includes a picture). 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 50. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 130. Troupin, G. (1983). Fabaceae (Papilionaceae) Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume II Page 82. |
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