Rhynchosia monophylla Schltr.
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Vumba rd before Bunga Forest
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Plateau below Nhandore peak, Mt Gorongosa
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Slopes of Mt Pheza, Chimanimani Mts
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Slopes of Mt Pheza, Chimanimani Mts
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Plateau between Mutandani and Muvumodzi Rivers, eastern Chimanimani Mts.
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Plateau between Mutandani and Muvumodzi Rivers, eastern Chimanimani Mts.
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Plateau between Mutandani and Muvumodzi Rivers, eastern Chimanimani Mts.
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Ridge on Mt Shangani, eastern Chimanimani Mts.
Photo: Lari Merrett
Mutinondo Widerness Area, Mayense Main Camp: On Caterpillar rock
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Mutinondo Widerness Area, Mayense Main Camp: On Caterpillar rock
Photo: Lari Merrett
Mutinondo Widerness Area, Mayense Main Camp: On Caterpillar rock
Photo: Lari Merrett
Mutinondo Widerness Area, Mayense Main Camp: On Caterpillar rock
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Along path to Mt Binga before "Mosquito Camp", Chimanimani National Reserve
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Synonyms:
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Rhynchosia monophylla Schltr. var. eylesii Baker f. Rhynchosia prostrata Suess. Rhynchosia reptans Suess.
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Trailing perennial herb growing from a woody rootstock. Stems up to 80 cm, pubescent with longer yellowish glandular hairs on the younger parts. Leaves 1-3 foliolate, 1-foliolate particularly on the flowering stems; leaflets broadly elliptic to ovate, 2-7.5 cm long, lateral leaflets shorter, pubescent on both surfaces, gland-dotted with prominent, often reddish venation below. Flowers solitary or in few-flowered clusters in the axils of 1-foliolate leaves. Standard deep yellow, flushed with red outside and reddish veining inside; wings pinkish-red; keel whitish tinged purple at the tip. Pods oblong to almost squarish, 9-15 mm long, pubescent with net-veining visible. |
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Derivation of specific name:
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monophylla: “1-leaf”, unifoliolate – leaves of single leaflets |
Habitat:
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In open grassland and woodland, conspicuously flowering after grass fires. |
Altitude range: |
1050 - 1800 m |
Flowering time: | (Jan-) Sep - Dec |
Worldwide distribution:
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Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe; also Tanzania, South Africa, Eswatini. |
Mozambique distribution:
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MS |
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Spot characters:
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Content last updated: |
Thursday 26 March 2015 |
Literature:
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Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 226.
Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Pages 209 - 210.
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 51.
Verdcourt, B. (2001). Papilionoideae: Tribe Phaseoleae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Pages 225 - 226.
Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 94.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2024).
Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Rhynchosia monophylla. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=131790, retrieved 19 April 2024
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