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Stylosanthes fruticosa (Retz.)Alston

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HIGHER TAXON: Aeschynomeneae

GENUS: Stylosanthes Sw.

Stylosanthes fruticosa (Retz.)Alston [Accepted]
    Stylosanthes bojeri Vogel {Synonym}
    Stylosanthes flavicans Baker {Synonym}
    Stylosanthes mucronata Willd. {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [216]; Botswana (N) [237]; Burkina (N) [8]
    Burundi (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [8]; Chad (N) [64]
    Ethiopia (N) [24]; Gambia The (N) [212]; Ghana (N) [212]
    Guinea Bissau (N) [212]; Ivory Coast (N) [8]
    Kenya (N) [210]; Malawi (N) [8]; Mali (N) [212]
    Mozambique (N) [237]; Namibia-ISO (N) [210]
    Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [212]; Rwanda (N) [220]
    Senegal (N) [212]; Somalia (N) [210]
    South Africa (N) [210]; Sudan (N) [210]
    Swaziland (N) [8]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Togo (N) [212]
    Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [8]; Zambia (N) [28]
    Zimbabwe (N) [237]
  Asia
    India-ISO (N) [210]; Sri Lanka (N) [210]
  Indian Ocean
    Madagascar (N) [210]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [210], Somalia-Masai grasslands [210]
    Sudanian bushland and thicket [210], Sudanian grasslands [210]
    Zambezian bushland and thicket [210], Zambezian grassland [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

  
NOTES:
  Nodulation data also from Stylosanthes bojeri Vogel [1785]
  Nodulation data also from Stylosanthes mucronata Willd. [1785]


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

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.

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.

216.

   Torre,A.R. et al., 1966
    Papilionoideae.In:Consp.Fl.Angolensis 3.Exell & Fernandez
    Papilionoideae.In:Consp.Fl.Angolensis 3.Exell & Fernandez

220.

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

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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