Grona ramosissima
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Yaekela, North bank Congo River, opposite Isangi.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Yaekela, North bank Congo River, opposite Isangi.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Yaekela, North bank Congo River, opposite Isangi.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Yaekela, North bank Congo River, opposite Isangi.
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| Synonyms: |
Desmodium mauritianum sensu Baker Desmodium ramosissimum G. Don |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect, slender perennial herb, 0.3-2 m tall. Stems several from a woody base with fine short hairs and longer white hairs or sometimes densely covered with appressed stiff hairs. Leaves 3-foliolate with leaflets narrowly obovate to oblong-elliptic, 0.7-4.8 cm long, hairless above, appressed hairy beneath, reticulate venation visible on both surfaces. Petiole 8-15 mm long. Stipules obliquely lanceolate, 4-15 mm long, hairy, persistent. Inflorescence terminal and axillary, 4.5-20 cm long. Flowers with standard mauve, red or rose-coloured. Fruit 7-25 mm long, of 3-5 articles joined by narrow necks and covered with short hooked hairs. |
| Type location: |
São Tomé |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | ramosissimum: much branched |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widely distributed in tropical Africa, Mascarene Islands and Madagascar. |
| Growth form(s): | Perennial. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 123. Ohashi, H. & Ohashi, K. (2019). Desmodium (Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae) of Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands Journal of Japanese Botany 94(3) Page 137. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 59. Troupin, G. (1983). Fabaceae (Papilionaceae) Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume II Pages 68 - 69. as Desmodium ramosissimum (Includes a picture). Verdcourt, B. (2000). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6) Page 16. |
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