Version 10.38 20 July 2010 - Scientific Names: Elephantorrhiza suffruticosa Schinz.

Elephantorrhiza suffruticosa Schinz

HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Elephantorrhiza Benth.

Elephantorrhiza suffruticosa Schinz [Preferred name]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Africa: Angola (N) [25]; Mozambique (N) [25]; Namibia (N) [25]; Zimbabwe (N) [25]

HABITATS:
  Africa
    Zambezian grassland [6];
    Zambezian woodland [6];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [25] ; Distribution Map [25] ; Illustration [26]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Shrub, Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994/1995 Lewis GP ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

6.		Brenan, J.P.M., 1970
		Mimosoideae.In:Flora Zambeziaca Vol.3(1).Brenan,JPM et al.

25.		Ross, J.H., 1974
		Bothalia 11:247-57. The genus Elephantorrhiza

26.		Phillips, E.P., 1923
		Bothalia 1:187-193.Species of Elephantorrhiza ...