Version 10.38 20 July 2010 - Scientific Names: Eriosema flexuosum Staner.

Eriosema flexuosum Staner

HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Eriosema (DC.)Rchb.

Eriosema flexuosum Staner [Preferred name]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Africa: Burundi (N) [316]; Malawi (N) [316]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]; Zambia (N) [210]

HABITATS:
  Africa
    Zambezian anthropic landscapes. [210];
    Zambezian grassland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [210, 230] ; Distribution Map [316] ; Illustration [230]

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

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

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

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

316.		Baudet, J.C., 1973
		Distrib.Pl.Afr.7:177-87. Eriosema spp.