Macrotyloma hockii (De Wild.) Verdc.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Macrotyloma

Characteristics

Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets 2.4–6.6 × 1.2–2 cm, oblanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, discolorous, acute or rounded at the apex, apiculate, appressed pilose to glabrescent on both surfaces; petiole 8–15 mm long; rhachis 1–3 mm long; petiolules 2 mm long; stipules 8–10 × 3–4 mm, lanceolate, striate; stipels 2–3 mm long, filiform.
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Standard mauve (in the Flora Zambesiaca area), 1.8–2.8 × 1.7–2 cm, broadly elliptic, emarginate at the apex, with 8–10 mm long linear appendages; wings 20–22 × 2–3 mm; keel 19–23 × 3–4 mm.
Calyx appressed pilose; tube 4–5 mm long; lobes 7–9 mm long, triangular to lanceolate, the upper pair fused along two-thirds of their length.
Flowers axillary in pairs; pedicels 4–11 mm long; bracts 4–6 mm long, lanceolate; bracteoles 3–4 mm long, linear-lanceolate.
Erect herb up to 60 cm tall, from a perennial woody rootstock.
Stems annual, sparsely white spreading pubescent.
Ovary 15 mm long, linear, appressed pilose.
Pods and seeds unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.6
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Macrotyloma hockii world distribution map, present in Angola and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:505865-1
WFO ID wfo-0000182051
COL ID 72S7F
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Macrotyloma hockii Dolichos hockii