Dolichos sericeus E.Meyer

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Dolichos L.
Tribe: Phaseoleae
References: [275]

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Climbing
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1993 Polhill RM
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Burundi [8]
  • Cameroon [275]
  • Ethiopia [275]
  • Kenya [275]
  • Malawi [275]
  • Mozambique [275]
  • Nigeria [8]
  • Rwanda [275]
  • South Africa [275]
  • Sudan [275]
  • Tanzania [275]
  • Uganda [275]
  • Zaire [275]
  • Zambia [275]
  • Zimbabwe [275]

• Middle East [1939]
  • Yemen [1939]

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Notes:

• Four subspp.;s.,formosus, glabrescens, pseudofalcatus (Verdcourt ref.275).
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:56:46