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Trifolium africanum Ser.

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HIGHER TAXON: Trifolieae

GENUS: Trifolium L.

Trifolium africanum Ser. [Accepted]
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Lesotho (N) [566]; South Africa (N) [566]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Afromontane grassland [566]
    Kalahari-Highveld regional transition zone; grassland. [566]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Forage [1785,567]

  
NOTES:
  Recorded,probably in error, from Kenya & Tanzania (Gillett 1952,ref.567).
  3 vars,africanum,lydenbergense,glabellum (Gillett 1952,r.567).
  Zohary & Heller (1984. ref.566) sink var.glabellum into var. africanum.


DATA SOURCES:

566.

   Zohary,M. & Heller,D., 1984
    The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.Genus Trifoliu
    The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.Genus Trifoliu

567.

   Gillett,J.B., 1952
    Kew Bull.7:367-404. Trifolium in Africa
    Kew Bull.7:367-404. Trifolium in 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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