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Aeschynomene afraspera J.Leonard

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HIGHER TAXON: Aeschynomeneae

GENUS: Aeschynomene L.

Aeschynomene afraspera J.Leonard [Preferred name]
    Aeschynomene aspera sensu auct. {Misapplied}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Attuneddi [4751]; Laugauni [3030]; Maha Diya Siyambala [4751]; Pith Plant [1957, 3030]; Sola [3030, 3091]; Sola Pith Plant [1551]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [236]; Burundi (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [8]; Chad (N) [64]; Gambia The (N) [212]; Ghana (N) [212]; Guinea Bissau (N) [224]; Ivory Coast (N) [212]; Malawi (N) [236]; Mali (N) [236]; Mozambique (N) [237]; Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [212]; Senegal (N) [212]; Sierra Leone (N) [8]; South Africa (N) [236]; Sudan (N) [236]; Togo (N) [23]; Zaire (N) [236]; Zambia (N) [236]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sudanian freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation     Zambezian freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [236];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [212, 236, 237] ; Illustration [236]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names) ; Habit: Herb, Shrub ; Lifespan: Annual ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM

  
USES:
  Environmental [2413]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

23.

  Ern, H., 1984
    Leguminosae. In:Flore analytique du Togo.Brunel,J.F. et al.

64.

  Lebrun, J.-P. et al, 1972
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional

78.

  Peyre de Fabregues, B.& Lebrun, 1976
    IEMVPT Etude Botanique No.3. Catalogue des plantes..du Niger

212.

  Hepper, F.N., 1958
    Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.

224.

  D'Orey, J. & Liberato, Maria C., 1971
    Flora da Guinea Portuguesa: Papilionoideae

236.

  Robyns, W.(Ed.), 1954
    Flore du Congo Belge, Vol 5; Galegeae, Hedysareae.

237.

  Verdcourt, B., 1974
    Kirkia 9:359-556.Hedysareae in the Flora Zambesiaca area.

1551.

  Rudd, V.E., 1959
    Reinwardtia 5(1):23-36 Genus Aeschynomene in Malaysia

1957.

  Rudd, V.E., 1991
    A Revised Handbook of the Flora of Ceylon 7: 108-381.

2413.

  Van der Maesen, L.J.G., 1994
    Personal Communication (email of 14.12.94)

3030.

  Ambasta, S.P., 1986
    The useful plants of India

3091.

  Prain, D., 1903
    Bengal Plants Vol 1

4751.

  Senaratna, L.K., 2001
    A check list of the flowering plants of Sri Lanka. Colombo.

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