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Aeschynomene nilotica Taubert

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HIGHER TAXON: Aeschynomeneae

GENUS: Aeschynomene L.

Aeschynomene nilotica Taubert [Accepted]
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Cameroon (N) [210]; Chad (N) [64]; Mali (N) [210]
    Namibia-ISO (N) [210]; Niger (N) [212]; Sudan (N) [210]
    Tanzania (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]; Zambia (N) [210]
    Zimbabwe (N) [237]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sudanian freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [210,212]
    Zambezian freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [212]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb, Shrub
  Lifespan: Annual
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Forage [1785,78]

  
NOTES:
  Root nodules observed [1785]


DATA SOURCES:

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

78.

   Peyre de Fabregues,B.& Lebrun, 1976
    IEMVPT Etude Botanique No.3. Catalogue des plantes..du Niger
    IEMVPT Etude Botanique No.3. Catalogue des plantes..du Niger

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.

237.

   Verdcourt,B., 1974
    Kirkia 9:359-556.Hedysareae in the Flora Zambesiaca area.
    Kirkia 9:359-556.Hedysareae in the Flora Zambesiaca area.

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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