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Decorsea schlechteri
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Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road to Bue Maria, Nhambita.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road to Bue Maria, Nhambita.
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| Synonyms: |
Dolichos schlechteri Harms ex Burtt Davy |
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| 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. |
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| Habitat: | Occurring in hot and dry deciduous woodland and scrub, on stony slopes and hillsides. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and North West, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,T,MS,M |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 19 September 2009 |
| Literature: |
Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 73. (Includes a picture). |
Other sources of information about Decorsea schlechteri:
African Plant Database: Decorsea schlechteriBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Decorsea schlechteri
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Decorsea schlechteri
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Decorsea schlechteri
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Decorsea schlechteri
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Decorsea schlechteri
JSTOR Plant Science: Decorsea schlechteri
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Decorsea schlechteri
Tropicos: Decorsea schlechteri
West African Plants database: Decorsea schlechteri
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