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Bolusanthus speciosus (Bolus)Harms

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GENUS: Bolusanthus Harms

Bolusanthus speciosus (Bolus)Harms [Preferred name]
    Lonchocarpus speciosus Bolus {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Rhodesian Wisteria Tree [1983, 3653]; Wild Wisteria [1983, 3653]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Botswana (N) [8]; Kenya (I) [210]; Malawi (N) [8]; Mozambique (N) [8]; South Africa (N) [210]; Swaziland (N) [233]; Uganda (I) [210]; Zambia (N) [28]; Zimbabwe (N) [8]
  Asia
India (I) [1914, 3372]; Delhi [3372]; Karnataka [1914]
  Pacific Ocean
Northern Marianas (I) [2235]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [210];
    Zambezian woodland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [28, 210, 1983] ; Illustration [410, 3676]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Environmental [226, 1983]; Medicine [28]; Wood [226, 3030]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

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

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

226.

  Palmer, E. & Pitman, N., 1977
    Trees of Southern Africa,Vol.2

233.

  Compton, L., 1966
    Flora of Swaziland.J.S.Afr.Bot.Suppl.Vol.11

410.

  Onderstall, J., 1984
    Transvaal Lowveld & Escarpment... South Afr.Wild Fl.Guide 4.

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1983.

  Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z., 1976
    Hortus Third. New York: Macmillan

2235.

  Fosberg, F.R. et al., 1979
    A Geographical Checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae

3030.

  Ambasta, S.P., 1986
    The useful plants of India

3372.

  Maheshwari, J.K., 1963
    The Flora of Delhi

3653.

  Anonymous, 1979
    Tropical Legumes:Resources for the Future. Washington.

3676.

  Coates-Palgrave, K., 1984
    Trees of Southern Africa. Cape Town.

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