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Trifolium semipilosum Fresen.

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HIGHER TAXON: Trifolieae

GENUS: Trifolium L.

Trifolium semipilosum Fresen. [Accepted]
    Trifolium johnstonii sensu Edwards & Bogdan {Misapplied Name}
    Trifolium repens sensu Baker f. {Misapplied Name}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Kenya white clover [210]

  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Ethiopia (N) [566]; Kenya (N) [566]; Malawi (U) [210]
    South Africa (I) [8]; Tanzania (N) [566]
    Uganda (U) [210]; Zimbabwe (I) [8]
  Middle East
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Afromontane grassland [210]
  
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:
  2 vars.,semipilosum & glabrescens (FTEA,ref.210).



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

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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