Pseudarthria hookeri Wight & Arn.
var. hookeri

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Vumba rd at Eggardon Junction.

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Greystone Park Nature Reserve, Harare.

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Cascades road to plateau above Morumbodzi Falls, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa.

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Val D'Or

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Plateau above Archway Gorge, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza

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Nyanga road before National Park boundary.

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Nhago Camp, Coutada 12

Photo: Mark Hyde
Christon Bank

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Luwawa Forest Reserve, Viphya, Mzimba

Habit
Degraded miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Mar 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman

Leaves
Degraded miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Mar 2023
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Inflorescence
Degraded miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Mar 2023
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Flower
Degraded miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Mar 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman

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Synonyms:
Common names:	Bug catcher (English) Velvet bean (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Tall perennial herb, up to 2 to 3 m, which dies back in winter. Stems angular and ribbed, hairy. Leaves 3-foliolate, dark green and rough above, paler and hairy beneath; margins finely dentate. Inflorescences terminal and in the upper leaf axils, branched, many-flowered. Flowers light to deep pink, occasionally white.
Type location:	Mauritius
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	hookeri: in 1841 named after Sir William Jackson Hooker, first director of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew.
Habitat:	In various types of woodland, bracken scrub and grass, rocky terrain and road sides.
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:	Jan - Mar
Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in tropical Africa from Ethiopia southwards to Angola and South Africa
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Literature:	Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 38 - 39. (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). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 326. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, M. (1989). Guide to the trees and shrubs of the Mukuvisi Woodlands ?publisher. Page 38. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 71. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 225. 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. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 63. Plowes, D.C.H. & Drummond, R.B. (1990). Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe. Revised edition. Longman, Zimbabwe. No. 61, plate 86 Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 102. Troupin, G. (1983). Fabaceae (Papilionaceae) Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume II Pages 75 - 76. (Includes a picture). Verdcourt, B. (2000). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6) Pages 25 - 27. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 94.

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Pseudarthria hookeri Wight & Arn. var. hookeri