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.

Otholobium foliosum subsp. foliosum

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesFZ divisionsProvincesContent
foliosum (Oliv.) C.H.Stirt. subsp. foliosum EMcDescription, Image
foliosum (Oliv.) C.H. Stirt. subsp. gazense (Baker f.) Verdc.[NrEnd]Description, Image

Other sources of information about Otholobium:

Our websites:

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

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Otholobium
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Otholobium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Otholobium
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Otholobium
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
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
Tropicos: Otholobium
Wikipedia: Otholobium

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Otholobium.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=724, retrieved 3 November 2024

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