Fabaceae
Dolichos

Dolichos ungoniensis Harms

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 179 (1902)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania. It is a climber 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: confident
[AERP]

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

Morphology General Habit
Erect herb 35 cm. tall.
Morphology Stem
Stems subglabrous or adpressed pubescent.
Morphology Leaves
Leaflets 3, lanceolate, 5–7 cm. long, 1–1·7 cm. wide, acute, subsericeous when young, later adpressed puberulous, not fully developed in the specimen described by Harms and probably appearing after flowering has commenced; petiole 6–8 cm. long; rhachis 1·5–1·7 cm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers usually several in each axil; pedicel slender, 8–11 mm. long, puberulous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 6 mm. long; lowest tooth lanceolate, longer than the rest, shorter than the tube, lateral teeth deltoid-ovate, upper pair united to form a shortly emarginate lip.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla violet; standard oblong-ovate, 1·7 cm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary sericeous.
Habitat
“Sunny places on loamy-sandy ground”
Distribution
T8
[FTEA]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

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

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • 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