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Macrotyloma axillare (E.Mey.)Verdc.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Macrotyloma (Wight & Arn.)Verdc.

Macrotyloma axillare (E.Mey.)Verdc. [Preferred name]
    Dolichos axillaris E.Mey. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Anamilotro [3402]; Archer Dolichos [261]; Vohavavy [3402]; Vohifoko [3402]; Vohiteloravina [3402]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [210]; Botswana (N) [210]; Burundi (N) [298]; Cameroon (N) [298]; Ethiopia (N) [210]; Ghana (N) [298]; Guinea (N) [298]; Kenya (N) [210]; Malawi (N) [210]; Mozambique (N) [210]; Namibia (N) [232]; Nigeria (N) [210]; Rwanda (N) [298]; Senegal (N) [298]; Sierra Leone (N) [298]; Somalia (N) [210]; South Africa (N) [210]; Swaziland (N) [298]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Togo (N) [23]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]; Zambia (N) [210]; Zimbabwe (N) [210]
  Asia
Sri Lanka (N) [210, 261, 1915, 3705]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880]; Papua New Guinea (I) [261]
  Indian Ocean
Comoro Is (N) [298]; Madagascar (N) [210, 261, 1915, 3402]; Mauritius (N) [210, 261, 1915]; Reunion (N) [1915]
  Middle East
Saudi Arabia (N) [1939]; Yemen (N) [1915, 1939]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Kalahari-Highveld regional transition zone; grassland. [210];
    Kalahari-Highveld regional transition zone; wooded grassland. [210];
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; wooded grassland [210];
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [210];
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [210];
    Somalia-Masai wooded grasslands. [210];
    Sudanian grasslands [210];
    Sudanian wooded grassland [210];
    Zambezian grassland [210];
    Zambezian wooded grassland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 230, 261, 298, 1859, 1915, 1919, 3053, 3057, 3402, 3705] ; Distribution Map [298] ; Illustration [24, 220, 261, 298, 1859, 1915, 1919, 3402]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [261] [3057] [3402], Not climbing [261] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb [261] [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] [1915] [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 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

  
USES:
  Environmental [261]; Forage [261, 1919]; Medicine [3402]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

23.

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

24.

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

210.

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

220.

  Troupin, G., 1984
    Flore du Rwanda

230.

  Robyns, W.(Ed.), 1954
    Flore du Congo Belge Vol.6. Dalbergieae,Vicieae,Phaseoleae

232.

  Schreiber, A., 1980
    60.Papilion.In:Prodr.Flora von Sudwestafrika.Merxmuller,H.

261.

  Verdcourt, B., 1979
    A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae,PNG

298.

  Verdcourt, B., 1982
    Hookers Ic.Pl.38,4:1-138.A revision of Macrotyloma (Legum.)

1859.

  Collenette, 1985
    Flowers of Saudi Arabia

1880.

  Hnatiuk, R.J., 1990
    Census Australian Vasc. Plants, Bureau Fl. & Fauna, Canberra

1915.

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

1919.

  Hacker, J.B., 1990
    A Guide to Herbaceous and Shrub Legumes of Queensland.

1939.

  Lock, J.M. & Simpson, K., 1991
    Legumes of West Asia: A Checklist. RBG, Kew.

3053.

  de Cordemoy, E.J., 1895
    Flore de l'ile de la Reunion

3057.

  Baker, J.G., 1877
    Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles

3402.

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

3705.

  Maxwell, R.H., 1991
    In:Dassanayake,M.D. & Fosberg,F.R.(Eds.) A revised handbook
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