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Macrotyloma maranguense (Taub.)Verdc.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Macrotyloma (Wight & Arn.)Verdc.

Macrotyloma maranguense (Taub.)Verdc. [Preferred name]
    Dolichos taubertii Baker f. {Synonym}
    Dolichos zanzibarensis Baker f. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Burundi (N) [8]; Kenya (N) [210]; Rwanda (N) [298]; South Africa (N) [210]; Swaziland (N) [298]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [298]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [210];
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [210];
    Zambezian grassland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 298] ; Distribution Map [298] ; Illustration [220, 298]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing, Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM

  
USES:
  Food and Drink [298]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

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

210.

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

220.

  Troupin, G., 1984
    Flore du Rwanda

298.

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