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Alysicarpus rugosus (Willd.)DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Desmodieae

GENUS: Alysicarpus Desv.

Alysicarpus rugosus (Willd.)DC. [Accepted]
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [210]; Burundi (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [8]
    Central African Rep. (N) [210]; Chad (N) [64]
    Djibouti (N) [239]; Ethiopia (N) [210]
    Gambia The (N) [212]; Ghana (N) [210]; Guinea (N) [212]
    Guinea Bissau (N) [212]; Kenya (N) [210]
    Malawi (N) [237]; Mali (N) [210]; Mozambique (N) [210]
    Namibia-ISO (N) [210]; Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [212]
    Senegal (N) [212]; Sierra Leone (N) [212]
    South Africa (N) [210]; Sudan (N) [8]
    Swaziland (N) [1753]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Togo (N) [212]
    Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]; Zambia (N) [210]
    Zimbabwe (N) [237]
  Indian Ocean
    Madagascar (N) [210]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai anthropic landscapes [210], Somalia-Masai grasslands [210]
    Somalia-Masai wooded grasslands. [210], Sudanian anthropic landscapes [210]
    Sudanian grasslands [210], Sudanian wooded grassland [210]
    Zambezian anthropic landscapes. [210], Zambezian grassland [210,237]
    Zambezian wooded grassland [210]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Annual
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Forage [1785,236]; Medicine [1785,236,236]; Food and Drink

  
NOTES:
  Three subspecies (FTEA ref.210); r.,perennirufus & reticulatus.


DATA SOURCES:

8.

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

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.

236.

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

237.

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

239.

   Bavazzano,R., 1972
    Webbia 26:267-364. Contrib. fl. Terr.Fr.degli Afar e d.Issa
    Webbia 26:267-364. Contrib. fl. Terr.Fr.degli Afar e d.Issa

1753.

   Schrire,B.D., 1988
    Bothalia 18:11-24...Desmodieae in southern Africa
    Bothalia 18:11-24...Desmodieae in southern 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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