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Aeschynomene elaphroxylon (Guillemin & Perrottet)Taubert

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HIGHER TAXON: Aeschynomeneae

GENUS: Aeschynomene L.

Aeschynomene elaphroxylon (Guillemin & Perrottet)Taubert [Accepted]
    Herminiera Guillemin & Perrottet elaphroxylon Guillemin & Perrottet {Synonym}
    Smithia Aiton grandidieri Baillon {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Ambatch [210]

  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [210]; Burundi (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [8]
    Chad (N) [64]; Egypt (I) [210]; Ethiopia (N) [210]
    Ghana (N) [212]; Kenya (N) [210]; Malawi (N) [210]
    Mozambique (N) [210]; Nigeria (N) [212]; Rwanda (N) [220]
    Senegal (N) [210]; Sudan (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210]
    Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [236]; Zambia (N) [210]
  Indian Ocean
    Madagascar (N) [210]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [210]
    Somalia-Masai freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [210]
    Sudanian freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [210]
    Zambezian freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [210]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Shrub, Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Wood [1785,9,210]; Environmental; Miscellaneous

  
NOTES:
  Root and stem nodules observed [1785]


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.

64.

   Lebrun,J.-P. et al, 1972
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional

210.

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

212.

   Hepper,F.N., 1958
    Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.
    Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.

220.

   Troupin,G., 1984
    Flore du Rwanda
    Flore du Rwanda

236.

   Robyns,W.(Ed.), 1954
    Flore du Congo Belge, Vol 5; Galegeae, Hedysareae.
    Flore du Congo Belge, Vol 5; Galegeae, Hedysareae.

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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