Sphenostylis briartii (De Wild.) Baker f.

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Chelinda staff camp, Nyika National Park

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Chelinda staff camp, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms:	Sphenostylis wildemaniana Baker f. Vigna briartii De Wild. Vigna homblei De Wild. Vigna matengoana Harms
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Description:	Perennial trailing or climbing herb up to 1 m long. Stems slender, branched, hairless or sparsely puberulous. Leaflets ovate-elliptic, elliptic or lanceolate, 1.1–5.5 cm long, hairless on both surfaces or sparsely puberulous beneath; petioles 0.6–4 cm long; stipules oblong-lanceolate, 1.3–3.1 mm long. Inflorescences 1–3-flowered on peduncles up to 7 cm long; bracts and bracteoles persistent, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 1.5–3 mm long. Calyx hairless or sparsely puberulous; tube 2.3–5.5 mm long; lower lobes triangular, 0.7–3 mm long; upper pair joined to form a bifid lip. Standard rounded to squarish, emarginate, pale pink or maroon outside, pinkish-mauve inside, purple at the base or with a violet-edged white zone; wings pinkish-mauve; keel pinkish-mauve, white along the lower margin. Pods linear, 3.3–4.6 cm long, pointed, hairless or minutely puberulous along the thickened margins.
Type location:	Syntypesfrom DRC, Katanga
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Worldwide distribution:	Angola, DRC, southern Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 169. Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Page 73. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 133. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 65.

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