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Aeschynomene elaphroxylon (Guill. & Perr.)Taub.

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HIGHER TAXON: Aeschynomeneae

GENUS: Aeschynomene L.

Aeschynomene elaphroxylon (Guill. & Perr.)Taub. [Preferred name]
    Aedomone excelsa Kotschy {Doubtful synonym}
    Aedomone humilis Kotschy {Doubtful synonym}
    Aeschynomene tchadica Chev. {Synonym}
    Herminiera elaphroxylon Guill. & Perr. {Synonym}
    Smithia elaphroxylon (Guill. & Perr.)Baill. {Synonym}
    Smithia grandidieri Baill. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Ambach [1957]; Ambatch [210]; Bemaivara [3402]; Dofonga [3402]; Nile Pith Tree [1957]; Odifonga [3402]; Roiantanety [3402]; Vodifomba [3402]; Vodifonga [3402]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [210]; Burundi (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [8]; Chad (N) [64]; Egypt (I) [210]; Ethiopia (N) [210]; Ghana (N) [212]; Kenya (N) [210]; Malawi (N) [210]; Mozambique (N) [210]; Nigeria (N) [212]; Rwanda (N) [220]; Senegal (N) [210]; Sudan (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [236]; Zambia (N) [210]
  Asia
Indonesia (I) [3898]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Sri Lanka (I) [1957]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (U) [210, 1957, 3402]
  South America

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [210];
    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, 1551, 1957, 3402, 3898] ; Illustration [10, 24, 212, 220]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] [3898] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Shrub [3402] [3898], Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial [3402] [3898] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Environmental [3898]; Miscellaneous [3898]; Wood [9, 210, 3402]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

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

9.

  Eggeling, W.J. & Dale, I.R., 1952
    The Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate.

10.

  Aubreville, A., 1950
    La Flore Forestiere Soudano-Guineene

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.

220.

  Troupin, G., 1984
    Flore du Rwanda

236.

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

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.

3402.

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

3898.

  Backer, C.A., 1963
    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands
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