Lotus namulensis
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Chinyakwaremba, Vumba
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| Synonyms: |
Lotus eylesii Baker f. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb with annual stems growing from a woody rootstock. Stems erect or ascending, quadrangular and grooved, up to 40 cm long, usually flowering when much shorter, sometimes covered with long spreading hairs. Leaves with 5 leaflets, rarely 3-4; basal leaflets asymmetrically ovate, apical leaflets narrower, oblanceolate, hairless to sparsely hairy on both surfaces but with long spreading hairs on the midrib and margin. flowers in 4-8-flowered umbels; peduncle 35-110 mm long. Corolla white, often tinged with pink. Pods terete, up to 38 mm, purplish-grey. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | namulensis: of Namuli in Mozambique (Zambezia) |
| Habitat: | In (sub)montane grassland. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and northern South Africa |
| FZ divisions: | Z,MS |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Thursday 29 May 2008 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 37. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 223. 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 49. Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 8 - 9. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Lotus namulensisAfrican Plant Database: Lotus namulensis
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