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Aeschynomene cristata Vatke

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HIGHER TAXON: Aeschynomeneae

GENUS: Aeschynomene L.

Aeschynomene cristata Vatke [Preferred name]
    Aeschynomene mazngayana Baill. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum aquaticum Bojer {Misapplied}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Fanisejetra [3402]; Fotsy [3402]; Hamotsy [3402]; Hamotsy Fotsy [3402]; Poakaty [3402]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [210]; Benin (N) [210]; Botswana (N) [210]; Cameroon (N) [8]; Chad (N) [64]; Ethiopia (N) [24]; Gabon (N) [16]; Kenya (N) [210]; Malawi (N) [210]; Mali (N) [8]; Mozambique (N) [210]; Namibia (N) [210]; Nigeria (N) [212]; Sudan (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]; Zambia (N) [210]; Zimbabwe (N) [210]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (N) [3402]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [210];
    Sudanian freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [210];
    Zambezian freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 236, 3402] ; Illustration [236]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb [3402], Shrub [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

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

16.

  Pellegrin, F., 1949
    Les Legumineuses du Gabon.Mem.Inst.d'Etudes Centrafr.1

24.

  Thulin, M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

64.

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

210.

  Gillett, J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

212.

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

236.

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

3402.

  Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002
    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.
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