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Stylosanthes fruticosa (Retz.)Alston

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HIGHER TAXON: Aeschynomeneae

GENUS: Stylosanthes Sw.

Stylosanthes fruticosa (Retz.)Alston [Preferred name]
    Arachis fruticosa Retz. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum hamatum Burm.f. {Synonym}
    Stylosanthes bojeri Vogel {Synonym}
    Stylosanthes flavicans Baker {Synonym}
    Stylosanthes mucronata Willd. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Ladinala [3402]; Wal-nanu [4751]; Wild Lucerne [3030]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [216]; Botswana (N) [237]; Burkina (N) [8]; Burundi (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [8]; Chad (N) [64]; Ethiopia (N) [24]; Gambia The (N) [212]; Ghana (N) [212]; Guinea Bissau (N) [212]; Ivory Coast (N) [8]; Kenya (N) [210]; Malawi (N) [8]; Mali (N) [212]; Mozambique (N) [237]; Namibia (N) [210]; Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [212]; Rwanda (N) [220]; Senegal (N) [212]; Somalia (N) [210]; South Africa (N) [210]; Sudan (N) [210]; Swaziland (N) [8]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Togo (N) [212]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [8]; Zambia (N) [28]; Zimbabwe (N) [237]
  Asia
India (N) [210, 1944, 3102, 3366, 3376, 3380, 3384, 3402, 3764, 3765]; Andhra Pradesh [3384]; Goa [3366]; Gujarat [3366]; Karnataka [1944]; Kerala [3380]; Madhaya Pradesh [3764]; Maharashtra [3765]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Tamil Nadu [3102]; Indonesia (U) [4004]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [4004]; Sri Lanka (N) [210, 1957]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (N) [210, 3402]
  Middle East
Saudi Arabia (U) [3402]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [210];
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [210];
    Sudanian bushland and thicket [210];
    Sudanian grasslands [210];
    Zambezian bushland and thicket [210];
    Zambezian grassland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 236, 1944, 1957, 3380, 3386, 3402, 3764, 3765, 3969, 4020] ; Illustration [24, 210, 220, 3386, 3402, 3764]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] [3969] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names) ; Habit: Herb [3402] [3969], Shrub [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3402] [3969] ; 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:
  Forage [210, 3030]; Medicine [3030]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

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

24.

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

28.

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

64.

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

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

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  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.

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  Torre, A.R. et al., 1966
    Papilionoideae.In:Consp.Fl.Angolensis 3.Exell & Fernandez

220.

  Troupin, G., 1984
    Flore du Rwanda

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.

1944.

  Saldanha, C.J. & Nicolson, D.H., 1976
    Flora of the Hassan District, Karnataka, India.

1957.

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

3030.

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

3102.

  Nair, K.K.N. & Nayar, M.P., 1986
    Flora of Courtallum Vol 1

3366.

  Sanjappa, M., 2000
    Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

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  Bairiganjan, G.C et al., 1985
    Fabaceae in Orissa. J. Econ. Taxon Bot. 7:249-276

3380.

  Mohanan, M. & Henry, A.N., 1994
    Flora of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

3384.

  Pullaiah, T. & Yesoda, N., 1989
    Flora of Anantapur District (Andhra Pradesh, India)

3386.

  Pullaiah, T. & Ramamurthy, K.S., 2001
    Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol.2

3402.

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

3764.

  Painuli, R.M. & Sikarwar, R.L.S., 1993
    Indian J.Forestry 16:83-84. Stylosanthes fruticosa...

3765.

  Varghese, M. et al., 1987
    J.Econ.Taxon.Bot.11:214-215. ...Stylosanthes fruticosa...

3969.

  Mohlenbrock, R.H., 1957
    Stylosanthes

4004.

  Van Meeuwen et al., 1960
    Reinwardtia 5(4):419-456. Prelim.rev.some gen. Mal. Papil.

4020.

  Zuijderhout, G.F.P., 1967
    Blumea 15(2):413-425 A Revision of the Genus Saraca L.

4751.

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