Home | > | List of families | > | Fabaceae subfamily Papilionoideae | > | Abrus | > | schimperi |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Woody shrub up to c. 3.5 m tall. Leaves with 10-17 pairs of leaflets; leaflets oblong. Inflorescences terminal and in the upper axils, 2-8 cm long, not more than 1.5 times the length of the subtending leaves. Corolla cream, yellow, pale purple, mauve, blue or light violet, wings usually darker than the standard, 8-14 mm long. Pods oblong to oblanceolate, 5.4-8 cm long, somewhat woody and inconspicuously tuberculate. |
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Derivation of specific name: | schimperi: named after Wilhelm Schimper, explorer and collector, particularly in Ethiopia. |
Habitat: | On stony river banks, hill slopes and in riverine thickets. |
Altitude range: | 600 - 1250 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | This subspecies only known from Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. |
Mozambique distribution: | MS |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Monday 29 February 2016 |
Literature: |
Brummitt, R.K., Harder, D.K., Lewis, G.P., Lock, J.M., Polhill, R.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(3) Pages 213 - 215. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 216. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 247. 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. |
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