Tephrosia acaciifolia Welw. ex Baker |
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Family : FABACEAE |
Protologue : Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 106 (1871) |
Information on the genus : Tephrosia |
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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 |
Tephrosia salicifolia Schinz (1907) |
Cracca acaciifolia (Baker) Kuntze |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Erect annual or short-lives perennial herb 0,6-1(-1,3) m tall with a taproot; stems simple to much branched with white or fulvous hairs, appressed or spreading; leaves unifoliolate. |
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Ecology : |
Grassgrown ground at source of river; open short thicket-grown pasturage; saudy margins of forest; Julbernardia, Combretum wooded grassland; woodland, open ground; often at roadsides; etc... |
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Varies in type of life form and habit (plants annual and much branched in lower and upper part in N part of range; perennial with numerous stems, simple or sparcely branched from a woody stock in SW and S part of range). Needs further investigation. |
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Caprivi Strip, Namibia, S. Africa. |
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Near T. lyalli Bak. From Madagascar. |
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More info on : |
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
see under chg |
see under Flora of Mozambique |
see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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Record n°67622 modified 2007-04-18 |
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