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Entada dolichorrhachis Brenan

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Entada

Characteristics

Leaves with 10-20 or more pairs of pinnae and a leaf-rhachis 15-90 cm. long; tendrils absent; leaflets 6-16 pairs, 0·5-2 x 0·25-0·7 cm., ± ovate-oblong, very asymmetric, rounded and mucronate at the apex, at the base with the midrib on the distal margin and the proximal side rounded, subglabrous to ± pubescent especially on the midrib beneath.
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Corolla pale dull yellow; petals with their free part c. 1·25-1·75 mm. long, connate below into a corolla-tube 3·5-4 mm. long, longer than the calyx.
Suffrutex with erect annual stems 1-10 cm. high and shortly tomentose or densely pubescent when young.
Racemes axillary, 1-2 together, 4-10 cm. long (including peduncle); axis densely pubescent.
Pods 3-6·5 x 1·5-1·8 cm., straight; stipe very short, less than 0·3 cm.
Calyx 1·5-2 mm. long, pubescent.
Life form
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.01 - 0.1
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Entada dolichorrhachis world distribution map, present in Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:493832-1
WFO ID wfo-0000211604
COL ID 39X4R
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Entada dolichorrhachis
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