Alysicarpus vaginalis (L.) DC.
var. vaginalis

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Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park

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Southern margin of Inhamitanga Forest near railway line, Coutada 12, Cheringoma

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Synonyms:	Hedysarum vaginale L.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect or spreading procumbent perennial herb, up to 60 cm tall, often woody at the base. Leaves 1-foliolate, up to 6.5 cm long, variable in shape from ovate to oblong-elliptic and nore or less narrowly lanceolate, subcordate at the base, finely hairy with longer hairs above; veining conspicuous on both surfaces; petiole 4-15 mm long. Stipules lanceolate, 7-24 mm long. Inflorescences terminal and leaf-opposed, 2-13 cm long, usually fairly densely flowered. Calyx lobes pubescent. Standard orange, pinkish-buff or purple, often paler than wings and keel; wings mauve, keel magenta, mauve or green with a purple tip. Fruit 1.2-2.5 cm long, well exserted from the calyx, not constricted between the seeds; surface with raised reticulation, velvety.
Type location:	Sri Lanka
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Habitat:	In floodplain grassland, margins of marshland and sandy flats but also in Acacia and Brachystegia woodland.
Altitude range:	Up to 1580 m
Flowering time:	B
Worldwide distribution:	Widespread throughout the Paleotropics.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	B
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	W
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Literature:	Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 65. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 216. As: Alysicarpus vaginalis 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. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 57. Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 26. Verdcourt, B. (2000). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6) Pages 36 - 37. (Includes a picture).

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