Version 10.38 20 July 2010 - Scientific Names: Eriosema ellipticum Baker.

Eriosema ellipticum Baker

HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Eriosema (DC.)Rchb.

Eriosema ellipticum Baker [Preferred name]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Africa: Angola (N) [210]; Malawi (N) [210]; Mozambique (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Zambia (N) [210]; Zimbabwe (N) [210]

HABITATS:
  Africa
    Montane wooded grassland [210];
    Zambezian wooded grassland [210];
    Zambezian woodland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [28, 210] ; Illustration [210]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb, Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 2001-03 van der Maesen, LJG ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

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

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