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Dolichos trilobus L.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Dolichos L.

Dolichos trilobus L. [Accepted]
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [210]; Burundi (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [8]
    Ethiopia (N) [210]; Ghana (N) [275]; Kenya (N) [210]
    Mozambique (N) [210]; Namibia-ISO (N) [232]
    Nigeria (N) [275]; Rwanda (N) [220]; Senegal (N) [275]
    Sierra Leone (N) [275]; Somalia (N) [275]
    South Africa (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210]
    Togo (N) [275]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zambia (N) [8]
    Zimbabwe (N) [210]
  Asia
    China (N) [210]; India-ISO (N) [210]
    Phillipines (N) [210]; Sri Lanka (N) [210]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guineo-Congolian forest. [210], Lake Victoria regional mosaic; forest. [210]
    Zambezian bushland and thicket [210], Zambezian woodland [210]
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone ; woodland. [210]
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; bushland and thicket. [210]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Medicine; Miscellaneous

  
NOTES:
  Three subspecies; trilobus,transvaalicus & occidentalis (Verdc.1970,ref.275).
  A specimen from Sudan (Wickens 2337, K) is probably this.
  Taxonomic and nomenclatural matters ; Verdcourt, Taxon 17:170 (1968).


DATA SOURCES:

8.

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

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

220.

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

232.

   Schreiber,A., 1980
    60.Papilion.In:Prodr.Flora von Sudwestafrika.Merxmuller,H.
    60.Papilion.In:Prodr.Flora von Sudwestafrika.Merxmuller,H.

275.

   Verdcourt,B., 1970
    Kew Bull.24:379-447. Studies in FTEA Leg.-Pap.: III.
    Kew Bull.24:379-447. Studies in FTEA Leg.-Pap.: III.

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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