Home | > | List of families | > | Fabaceae subfamily Papilionoideae | > | Aeschynomene | > | nyassana |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Erect shrub or subshrub up to 3 m tall, with a woody rootstock, frequently flowering after burns. Stems glabrous to densely viscid-pubescent or scabrid. Leaves 14-80-foliolate. Inflorescence terminal, mostly well-branched and many-flowered. |
Type location: |
Malawi |
Notes: | Red data list status: Widespread: Least concern |
Derivation of specific name: | nyassana: of Nyasaland (now Malawi). |
Habitat: | Miombo woodland, dambo margin, rocky terrain. |
Altitude range: | 60 - 2300 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe; DR Congo, Tanzania, South Africa |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N,W,C |
Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,Cb,N,Mc,C |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Wednesday 23 August 2017 |
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 151. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 3. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 216. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 46. Verdcourt, B. (2000). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6) Pages 63 - 114. (Includes a picture). |
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