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Sphenostylis stenocarpa (A.Rich.)Harms

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Sphenostylis E.Mey.

Sphenostylis stenocarpa (A.Rich.)Harms [Preferred name]
    Sphenostylis congensis A.Chev. {Doubtful synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  African Yam Bean [1902]; Yam Pea [1902]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [210]; Burundi (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [8]; Chad (N) [64]; Ethiopia (N) [210]; Ghana (N) [212]; Guinea (N) [212]; Ivory Coast (N) [212]; Kenya (N) [210]; Malawi (N) [210]; Mali (N) [561]; Mozambique (N) [8]; Nigeria (N) [212]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Togo (N) [212]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]; Zambia (N) [210]; Zimbabwe (N) [8]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; wooded grassland [210];
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [210];
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; woodland. [210];
    Sudanian grasslands [210];
    Sudanian wooded grassland [210];
    Sudanian woodland [210];
    Zambezian grassland [210];
    Zambezian wooded grassland [210];
    Zambezian woodland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 230] ; Illustration [210, 230]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing, Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

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

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.

230.

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

561.

  Boudet, G. & Lebrun, J.-P., 1986
    Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali.IEMVPT Et.+Syn.16.

1902.

  Terrell, E.E., 1977
    Checklist of Names for 3,000 Vas.Pl... Agric.Handbook No.505
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