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| Family : FABACEAE |
| Information on the genus : Otoptera |
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Status
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Vigna burchellii (DC.) Harv. (1862) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Trailing or climbing perennial herb (-3 m tall, or wiry spindly subshrub to 1 m, with hairy stems; leaflets 3, narrow, 1-10x0,3-3,5 cm; |
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| Ecology : |
Wooded grassland with Terminalia sericea and Acacia giraffae, open grassland on dry soil, Acacia scrub and woodland, mopane and Combretum woodlands, riverine thickets; often on termite mounds; 500-1400 m alt. |
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Variable in size of leaves and length of peduncle. |
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Namibia, Botswana, S. Africa. |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Bothalia 3: 240 (1937).
- Ethnobotany of the Kwanyama Ovambos : 101 (1985).
Bibliography other :
- S. African J. Bot. 77: 492-496 (2011).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Namibia photo from Kyffhauser |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Record n°62005 |
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