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Parochetus communis D.Don

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HIGHER TAXON: Trifolieae

GENUS: Parochetus D.Don

Parochetus communis D.Don [Accepted]
    Parochetus communis var. grossecrenatus Cuf. {Synonym}
    Parochetus major D.Don {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Ethiopia (N) [210]; Kenya (N) [210]; Malawi (N) [210]
    Mozambique (N) [210]; Rwanda (N) [210]
    Tanzania (N) [210]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]
  Asia
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Afromontane bamboo thicket. [210], Afromontane forest [210]
    Afromontane(upland) bushland and thicket. [210]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Environmental; Medicine

  
NOTES:
  African plants not same as Asian;no name presently available (1988).


DATA SOURCES:

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

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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