Decorsea schlechteri (Harms) Verdc.

Selected images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record View all images (13)

Decorsea schlechteri

Picture: Helen Pickering
On right hand side of road to Bakota Sky (Sichinga road on 1974 map) at then end of disturbed area as it meets woodland, next to a bicycle path going towards Livingstone

Decorsea schlechteri

Picture: Helen Pickering
On right hand side of road to Bakota Sky (Sichinga road on 1974 map) at then end of disturbed area as it meets woodland, next to a bicycle path going towards Livingstone

Decorsea schlechteri

Picture: Helen Pickering
On right hand side of road to Bakota Sky (Sichinga road on 1974 map) at then end of disturbed area as it meets woodland, next to a bicycle path going towards Livingstone

Specimen citations: Display citations Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps

Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)

Synonyms: Dolichos schlechteri Harms ex Burtt Davy
Common names:
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Perennial twining herb. Stems, slender, up to 3 m long. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets rhombic-lanceolate to triangular-ovate, up to 7.5 × 3.5 cm, with scattered short bristly hairs on both surfaces; lateral leaflets markedly asymmetrical falcate. Inflorescences often on leafless shoots. Flowers pale blue-violet, standard often tinged greenish-yellow. Pods linear, 7.5-12.5 cm long, curved at the tip, hairless.
Type location:
Mozambique
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: schlechteri: named after Friedrich Schlechter (1872-1925), German botanist and traveller.
Habitat: In hot and dry deciduous woodland and scrub, on stony slopes and hillsides.
Altitude range: Up to 1200 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and North West, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): S
Zambian distribution (Provinces): Lk,S
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters: Display spot characters for this species
Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 13.

Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 219.

Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Pages 157 - 159. (Includes a picture).

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 47.

Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 73. (Includes a picture).

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 64.

Other sources of information about Decorsea schlechteri:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Decorsea schlechteri
Flora of Malawi: Decorsea schlechteri
Flora of Mozambique: Decorsea schlechteri
Flora of Zimbabwe: Decorsea schlechteri

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Decorsea schlechteri
African Plant Database: Decorsea schlechteri
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Decorsea schlechteri
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Decorsea schlechteri
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Decorsea schlechteri
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Decorsea schlechteri
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Decorsea schlechteri
JSTOR Plant Science: Decorsea schlechteri
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Decorsea schlechteri
Plants of the World Online: Decorsea schlechteri
Tropicos: Decorsea schlechteri
Wikipedia: Decorsea schlechteri


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: Species information: Decorsea schlechteri.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=132630, retrieved 8 December 2024

Site software last modified: 10 May 2018 10:51pm
Terms of use