Antopetitia abyssinica A. Rich.

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Ngel Nyaki Forest Reserve, Mambilla Plateau, Sardauna Province, Taraba State, Nigeria

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Synonyms:	Ornithopus coriandrinus Hochst. & Steud. ex Fielding & Gardner
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Status:	Native
Description:	Spreading, rarely erect, annual herb to 1.2 m tall. Leaves imparipinnate with 5-11, alternate to subopposite leaflets; the leaflets 4-20 mm long, linear-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, glabrous above and pubescent beneath. Flowers borne in 2-8-flowered umbels; peduncle 1.5-8 cm long bearing a leaf-like bract near the middle. Corolla yellow or orange; standard with brown veins. Fruit c. 7-12 mm long, the articles each 2-2.25 mm in diameter, shining, glabrous.
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Derivation of specific name:	abyssinica: of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
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Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in tropical Africa occurring in Nigeria, Cameroon, Eritrea, Ethiopia, DRC, East Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Malawi distribution:	N,C,S
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 152. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 216. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 46. Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 10 - 11. (Includes a picture).

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