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Macrotyloma maranguense (Taubert)Verdc.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Macrotyloma (Wight & Arn.)Verdc.

Macrotyloma maranguense (Taubert)Verdc. [Accepted]
    Dolichos L. taubertii Baker f. {Synonym}
    Dolichos L. zanzibarensis Baker f. {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Burundi (N) [8]; Kenya (N) [210]; Rwanda (N) [298]
    South Africa (N) [210]; Swaziland (N) [298]
    Tanzania (N) [210]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]
  Australasia
    Australia (I) [298]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [210]
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [210], Zambezian grassland [210]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing, Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Food and Drink [1785,298]

  
NOTES:
  Some fruits geocarpic (FTEA, ref.210).
  Nodulation data also from Dolichos taubertii Baker f. [1785]


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

298.

   Verdcourt,B., 1982
    Hookers Ic.Pl.38,4:1-138.A revision of Macrotyloma (Legum.)
    Hookers Ic.Pl.38,4:1-138.A revision of Macrotyloma (Legum.)

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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