Fabaceae
Dolichos

Dolichos junodii (Harms) Verdc.

First published in Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 7: 327 (1970)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mozambique to S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Leguminosae, B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt. Flora Zambesiaca 3:5. 2001

Morphology General Habit
Prostrate or twining herb 30–60 cm long, from a narrow tuber c. 25 cm long.
Morphology Stem
Stems with ± appressed or deflexed hairs, sometimes rooting at the nodes.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 3-foliolate; terminal leaflet 1.8–4.3 × 0.45–1.7 cm, oblong-lanceolate, rounded and ± mucronate at the apex, broadly cuneate to rounded at the base, unlobed or slightly lobed towards the base or distinctly 3-lobed and ± hastate; lateral leaflets 1.6–3.6 × 0.8–2.2 cm long, semihastate, very distinctly lobed on outer edge, sometimes all the leaflets are ovate-lanceolate to ovate and quite unlobed, shortly appressed pilose on both surfaces; petioles 5–30 mm long; stipules 2.5–3.5 × 1.5–2.5 mm, narrowly ovate to ovate-lanceolate, ribbed.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Peduncles 1-flowered, slender, up to 6 cm long; pedicels 2 mm long with short narrow bracts; bracteoles 3 × 1.2 mm, ovate-lanceolate, ribbed, pilose.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx tube 3 mm long; lobes 1.5 mm long, broadly triangular, the upper part joined to form a notched lip.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard pink or magenta, 8 × 9 mm, oblate, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Vexillary stamen with tooth at the base.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
Style 4–5 mm long, the tip bearing the stigmatic surface distinctly flattened, 0.5 × 1 mm.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod 3 cm × 4.5 mm, linear-oblong, flattened, subappressed pilose, the style often persistent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds arillate (fide Munyunyembe & Bisby) but no ripe seeds available at Kew.
[FZ]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Climbing/Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Plants and People Africa

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
    • © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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