Adenodolichos paniculatus (Hua) Hutch.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Adenodolichos

Characteristics

A shrub. It grows 4 m high. It keeps growing from year to year. It is half woody. The young stems are flattened. They have rust velvety hairs that fall off. The flowers have a pinkish keel and yellow standards.
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An erect half-woody plant of shrubby habit, up to 15 ft. high
Flowers with pinkish keel and yellowish standard
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 4.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

Woodland; scrub; grassland with scattered low trees; wooded savannahs on hardpan; regrowths; at elevations from 900-1,350 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in savannah and jungle. It grows between 900-1,350 m above sea level.
In savannah country.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
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Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Adenodolichos paniculatus world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Sudan, Chad, Togo, and Uganda

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:472243-1
WFO ID wfo-0001058606
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Synonyms

Dolichos macrothyrsus Dolichos paniculatus Adenodolichos paniculatus Adenodolichos macrothyrsus