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Stylosanthes erecta P.Beauv.

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HIGHER TAXON: Aeschynomeneae

GENUS: Stylosanthes Sw.

Stylosanthes erecta P.Beauv. [Accepted]
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [236]; Benin (N) [212]; Cameroon (N) [8]
    Equatorial Guinea-ISO (N) [8]; Gabon (N) [16]
    Ghana (N) [212]; Ivory Coast (N) [212]; Kenya (N) [210]
    Liberia (N) [212]; Mali (N) [212]; Niger (N) [212]
    Nigeria (N) [210]; Senegal (N) [236]
    Sierra Leone (N) [210]; Togo (N) [212]; Zaire (N) [236]
  Indian Ocean
    Madagascar (N) [210]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guineo-Congolian mangrove (and strand forest). [210]
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; grassland. [210]
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; mangrove. [210]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Forage [1785,210]; Medicine [1785,210,14]

  
NOTES: -

DATA SOURCES:

8.

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

14.

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

16.

   Pellegrin,F., 1949
    Les Legumineuses du Gabon.Mem.Inst.d'Etudes Centrafr.1
    Les Legumineuses du Gabon.Mem.Inst.d'Etudes Centrafr.1

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.

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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