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Tephrosia purpurea
leptostachya
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4km before Wengezi junction coming from Chimanimani
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| Synonyms: |
Tephrosia leptostachya DC. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual or short-lived perennial. Stems procumbent to ascending, often weak and straggling or erect and shrubby, up to 1 m high, appressed or spreading-pubescent. Leaves pinnate, 3–10 cm long, mostly with 4–10 pairs of leaflets; leaflets elliptic or obovate to oblong or oblanceolate, 0.8–3 cm long, hairless to thinly pubescent above; petiole 0.5–2.5 cm long; stipules linear-triangular, 2–8 mm long. Flowers in lax terminal and leaf-opposed racemes mostly 5–20 cm long; bracts 2-5 mm long. Petals 5–10 mm long, purple or pinkish. Pods 2–5.5 cm long, dark brown, shortly pubescent. |
| Notes: | Subsp. leptostachya is just one of five subspecies in T. purpurea (L.) Pers. that occur in the Flora Zambesiaca area and this subsp. has been subdivided yet again into three varieties. Data for all three varieties has been combined here together. All three varieties have been recorded from Zimbabwe: var. leptostachya var. pubescens Baker var. delagoensis (H.M.L. Forbes) Brummitt |
| Derivation of specific name: | purpurea: purple |
| Habitat: | Mostly in more or less disturbed grassy places, along roadsides and river banks. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1500 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa (var. leptostachya and var. pubescens) or confined tothe coastalplain and major river valleys of the Flora Zambesiaca area (var. delagoensis) |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,E,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Thursday 5 March 2020 |
| 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 143 - 145. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 228. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 174. (Includes a picture). 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 52. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 73. Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 26. As Tephrosia purpurea Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 214. |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Tephrosia purpureaAfrican Plant Database: Tephrosia purpurea
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Tephrosia purpurea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Tephrosia purpurea
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JSTOR Plant Science: Tephrosia purpurea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Tephrosia purpurea
Plants of the World Online: Tephrosia purpurea
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Wikipedia: Tephrosia purpurea
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