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Tylosema fassoglensis (Schweinf.)Torre & Hillc.

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HIGHER TAXON: Cercideae

GENUS: Tylosema (Schweinf.)Torre & Hillc.

Tylosema fassoglensis (Schweinf.)Torre & Hillc. [Accepted]
    Bauhinia L. fassoglensis Schweinf. {Synonym}
    Bauhinia L. kirkii Oliver {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [110]; Burundi (N) [8]; Ethiopia (N) [24]
    Kenya (N) [106]; Malawi (N) [8]; Mozambique (N) [8]
    South Africa (N) [106]; Sudan (N) [106]
    Swaziland (N) [106]; Tanzania (N) [106]; Uganda (N) [106]
    Zaire (N) [113]; Zambia (N) [28]; Zimbabwe (N) [8]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai wooded grasslands. [106], Sudanian wooded grassland [106]
    Zambezian wooded grassland [106], Zambezian woodland [106]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing, Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb, Shrub
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Absent [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Food and Drink [1785,113,121]; Forage [1785,113,121,107]; Fibre [1785,113,121,107,121]

  
NOTES:
  Has a huge tuberous root (like other T.spp).See FTEA (ref.106) fig.48.
  Heterostylous(FTEA ref.106); also Rand,R.F.; J.Bot.47:81-6.(1909).


DATA SOURCES:

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.

14.

   Dalziel,J.M., 1937
    The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
    The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa

24.

   Thulin,M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

28.

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

106.

   Brenan,J.P.M., 1967
    Caesalp.In:Flora Trop.East Africa. Milne-Redhead & Polhill
    Caesalp.In:Flora Trop.East Africa. Milne-Redhead & Polhill

107.

   Ross,J.H., 1982
    Caesalpinoideae.In:Flora Southern Africa 16,pt.1.Ross.J.H.
    Caesalpinoideae.In:Flora Southern Africa 16,pt.1.Ross.J.H.

110.

   Torre,A.R.da & Hillcoat,D., 1958
    Caesalpinoideae.In:Consp.Fl.Angolensis 2.Exell & Mendonca
    Caesalpinoideae.In:Consp.Fl.Angolensis 2.Exell & Mendonca

111.

   Aubreville,A., 1965
    9.Caesalpinoideae.In:Flora du Cameroun.Aubreville & Leroy
    9.Caesalpinoideae.In:Flora du Cameroun.Aubreville & Leroy

113.

   Robyns,W.(Ed.), 1952
    Flore du Congo Belge,Vol.3. Mimosoideae, Caesalpinoideae
    Flore du Congo Belge,Vol.3. Mimosoideae, Caesalpinoideae

121.

   Watt,J.M. & Breyer-Brandwijk,M, 1962
    Medicinal & Poisonous Plants of Southern & Eastern Africa
    Medicinal & Poisonous Plants of Southern & Eastern Africa

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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