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Lonchocarpus madagascariensis (Vatke)Polhill

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HIGHER TAXON: Millettieae

GENUS: Lonchocarpus Kunth

Lonchocarpus madagascariensis (Vatke)Polhill [Preferred name]
    Icthyoctonum madagascariense Baill. {Synonym}
    Lonchocarpus ichthyoctonus Baill. {Synonym}
    Lonchocarpus polystachus Baker {Synonym}
    Lonchocarpus polystachyus Baker {Synonym}
    Millettia madagascariensis Vatke {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Vahimasina [3402]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Tanzania (N) [210, 3402]; Zanzibar [3402]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (N) [210, 3402]; Mayotte (U) [3402]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; bushland and thicket. [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 3402]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [3402], Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Shrub [3402], Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Toxins [3402]

  
NOTES:
  entirely certain. [3402]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

210.

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

3402.

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