3703.040 Otholobium C.H. Stirt.

Verdcourt, B. (2000) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6)

Description of the genus

Shrub (in ours). Leaves digitately 3-foliolate (in ours); leaflets entire,oblanceolate, densely gland-dotted; apex mucronate. Inflorescences (in ours), dense, subcapitate, ± terminal. Flowers grouped in triplets, each triplet subtended by a bract. Calyx 5-lobed, the lowest longest. Fruit swollen, indehiscent.

Worldwide: 36 species in eastern and southern Africa and S America

Zambia: 2 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
foliosum (Oliv.) C.H.Stirt. subsp. foliosum	E	Description, Image
foliosum (Oliv.) C.H. Stirt. subsp. gazense (Baker f.) Verdc. [NrEnd]		Description, Image

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Flora of Malawi: Otholobium
Flora of Mozambique: Otholobium
Flora of Zimbabwe: Otholobium

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Otholobium
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Otholobium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Otholobium
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iNaturalist: Otholobium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Otholobium
JSTOR Plant Science: Otholobium
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Otholobium
Plants of the World Online: Otholobium
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