Fabaceae
Dolichos

Dolichos luticola Verdc.

First published in Kew Bull. 24: 435 (1970)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to Tanzana. 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: threatened. Confidence: low confidence
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Somalia-Masai grasslands
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit
Suberect or decumbent perennial herb 10–25 cm. tall from a rather slender woody rootstock.
Morphology Stem
Stems with very sparse long white fine hairs.
Morphology Leaves
Leaflets 3, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, the laterals slightly oblique, 1·2–4 cm. long, 0·8–2·8 cm. wide, subacute to broadly rounded at the apex, rounded or truncate at the base, glabrous on both surfaces save for some scattered hairs on the margins and nerves, noticeably 2–3-nerved from the base; petioles 1·4–5·5 cm. long; rhachis 0·5–1·9 cm. long; petiolules 2 mm. long; stipules leafy, persistent and conspicuous, elliptic, 6–10 mm. long, 2–5 mm. wide, 12–14-nerved; stipels, particularly the lower pair, conspicuous, 2–5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes axillary, condensed, umbel-like; rhachis scarcely 1 cm. long; peduncle 4–20 cm. long, slightly swollen at the apex, sparsely pilose at the base, more densely so at the apex; pedicels 2–4 mm. long; bracts deciduous, 6 mm. long, 3 mm. wide; bracteoles persistent, 1·5–5 mm. long, 0·5–1 mm. wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx frequently flushed very dark blackish-purple; tube 3 mm. long, practically glabrous; lobes deltoid, 1·5–3·2 mm. long, ciliate along the margins, the upper pair joined to form a slightly bifid lobe.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard basically green, yellow at the base, lilac-mauve at the apex, dusky outside and with deeper purple lines inside at the junction of purple and yellow parts, round or oblate, ± 9 mm. long and wide; wings greenish-yellow, magenta at the apex, lilac-mauve at the base; keel greenish-yellow.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods linear-oblong, 2·5–3·5 cm. long, 4·5–5 mm. wide, pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds dark reddish-brown, ellipsoid, longest dimension 3·3 mm., shorter dimension 2 mm., 1·5 mm. thick.
Habitat
Grassland on “black cotton” and chocolate soils, grassland with scattered Acacia; 1500–1800(–2100) m.
Distribution
not known elsewhere K4 K6 T2
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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

  • 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/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0