Clitoria kaessneri
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Habit
Miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Oct 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Leaf
Miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Oct 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Oct 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Oct 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Uncommon |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb, with numerous erect to trailing stems up to 1 m long growing from a woody rootstock; stems slightly flexuous, somewhat angled, pubescent on younger parts; leaves 1–3-foliolate (mostly 1-foliolate) and varying on the same plant; leaflets chartaceous to subcoriaceous, 4–8.5 × (1)2–5 cm, oblong, elliptic or ovate, glabrous apart from hairs on the raised nerves beneath; petiole 3–4 mm long; flowers (1)2–4 per axil, on a peduncle 3–15 mm long; calyx 12–20 mm long, pilose; lobes lanceolate; standard pale mauve, blue or cream-coloured with blue striations, 3.5–4.5 × 2–3(3.5) cm, moderately pubescent outside; pod 3–5-seeded, oblong-clavate, compressed, pubescent, particularly along the raised sutures, glabrescent; seeds black, 7 × 6 × 2 mm. |
| Type location: |
DRC, Katanga |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | kaessneri: after Theodor Wilhelm Kässner, who collected the type specimen |
| Habitat: | Miombo and open woodlands in sandy to rocky soils |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Jul - Oct |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC (Katanga), Angola and Zambia |
| FZ divisions: | N,W |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,Cb,Mc |
| Growth form(s): | Perennial. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Saturday 3 December 2022 |
| Literature: |
Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Page 36. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Clitoria kaessneriAfrican Plant Database: Clitoria kaessneri
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Clitoria kaessneri
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Clitoria kaessneri
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Clitoria kaessneri
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