Dolichos sericeus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Dolichos |
| Species: | D. sericeus
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| Dolichos sericeus | |
Dolichos sericeus is a perennial climbing or prostrate shrub belonging to the family Fabaceae.[1]
Description
[edit]Dolichos sericeus is a shrub that can grow up to 1.2 m (3.9 ft) long, the stem is slender and twining and covered in densely appressed or spreading hairs.[2] Leaves are tri-foliate, petiolate and stipulate.[2] Leaflets are broadly ovate to elliptic, up to 72 mm long and 40 mm wide and like its stem it is densely covered in hairs.[2] Flowers are arranged in racemes, its peduncle is up to 35 mm (1.4 in) long holding 2 - 10 flowers, corolla is purple or pink gradually turning creamy with age. Fruit is crescent shaped, 6 to many seeded.[2]
Subspecies
[edit]- Dolichos sericeus subsp. formosus (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Verdc.[3]
- Dolichos sericeus subsp. glabrescens Verdc.
- Dolichos sericeus subsp. pseudofalcatus Verdc.
- Dolichos sericeus subsp. sericeus
Distribution
[edit]Dolichos sericeus is native to Tropical Africa, it is distributed in the horn of Africa, eastern and southern Africa and also occurring in Nigeria and Cameroon.[3] Found in forest margins, prefers sandy or loamy soil.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Germishuizen, G.; Clark, R. P. (2023), Eggli, Urs; Nyffeler, Reto (eds.), "Dolichos FABACEAE", Dicotyledons: Rosids, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 661–663, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-93492-7_64, ISBN 978-3-030-93491-0, retrieved 2024-05-24
- ^ a b c d e Moteetee, A.N.; Van Wyk, B.-E. (2012). "A revision of the genus Dolichos (Fabaceae, Papilionoideae, Phaseoleae), including Lesotho and Swaziland". South African Journal of Botany. 78: 178–194. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2011.06.012.
- ^ a b "Dolichos sericeus E.Mey. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-05-24.