Ormocarpum sennoides (Willd.)DC.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Ormocarpum P.Beauv.
Tribe: Aeschynomeneae
References: [210][2264]

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Other names:

• Hedysarum sennoides Willd. [Synonym] [2264]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Shrub
  • Tree
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Angola-ISO [210]
  • Cameroon [212]
  • Central African Rep. [210]
  • Ghana [212]
  • Guinea [212]
  • Guinea Bissau [212]
  • Ivory Coast [212]
  • Kenya [210]
  • Liberia [212]
  • Nigeria [212]
  • Sao Tome & Principe [217]
  • Senegal [210]
  • Sierra Leone [212]
  • Tanzania [210]
  • Togo [212]
  • Zaire [210]
  • Zambia [210]

• Asia
  • India-ISO [210]
  • Sri Lanka [210]

• Indian Ocean [3052]
  • Mauritius [3052]

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Notes:

• 3 subspp.(FTEA ref.210); s.(not african),hispidum, zanzibaricum.
  
• Presence on Mauritius not confirmed by Polhill (1990). [1915]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:55:00