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Desmanthus virgatus (L.)Willd.

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Desmanthus Willd.

Desmanthus virgatus (L.)Willd. [Accepted]
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Cape Verde (I) [8]; Sao Tome & Principe (I) [4]
    Senegal (I) [20]; South Africa (I) [19]; Zimbabwe (I) [8]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [19]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Shrub
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Environmental [1785,19]; Forage; Weed; Miscellaneous

  
NOTES: -

DATA SOURCES:

4.

   Liberato, Maria Candida, 1973
    Flora de Sao Tome e Principe: Mimosaceae
    Flora de Sao Tome e Principe: Mimosaceae

8.

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

9.

   Eggeling,W.J. & Dale,I.R., 1952
    The Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate.
    The Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate.

19.

   Ross,J.H., 1975
    Mimosoideae.In:Flora Southern Africa Vol.16,pt.1.Ross,J.H.
    Mimosoideae.In:Flora Southern Africa Vol.16,pt.1.Ross,J.H.

20.

   Berhaut,J., 1956
    Flore du Senegal
    Flore du Senegal

1785.

   Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
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