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Aeschynomene uniflora E.Mey.

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HIGHER TAXON: Aeschynomeneae

GENUS: Aeschynomene L.

Aeschynomene uniflora E.Mey. [Preferred name]
    Aeschynomene bracteosa B.Boivin {Misapplied}
    Aeschynomene papulosa Baker {Synonym}
    Smithia bernieri Baill. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Rangosty [3402]; Rangotsy [3402]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [210]; Burundi (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [8]; Ghana (N) [8]; Guinea Bissau (N) [224]; Kenya (N) [210]; Malawi (N) [8]; Mozambique (N) [237]; Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [212]; Senegal (N) [210, 3402]; Somalia (N) [1764]; South Africa (N) [210, 1915]; Natal [1915]; Sudan (N) [210, 3402]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Togo (N) [23]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [236]; Zambia (N) [28]
  Asia
Indonesia (I) [3898]; Jawa (N) [3898]
  Indian Ocean
Comoro Is (N) [1915, 3054, 4747]; Anjouan I [4747]; Madagascar (N) [1551, 1915, 3402]; Mauritius (I) [1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [210];
    Sudanian freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [212];
    Zambezian freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 236, 1551, 1915, 3402, 3898] ; Illustration [236, 1915]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] [3898] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb [1915] [3402] [3898], Shrub [3402] ; Lifespan: Annual [3402] [3898], Perennial [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Forage [3402]

  
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.

28.

  White, F., 1962
    Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia.

78.

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

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.

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

1764.

  Thulin, M., 1989
    Nordic J.Bot. 8:457-488.new/noteworthy legumes NE Trop.Afr.

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

3054.

  Voeltzkow, A., 1916
    Fl. Fauna Comoren

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

4747.

  Voeltzkow, A., 1917
    Flora und Fauna der Comoren. 428-480. Berlin.
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