Aeschynomene schliebenii Harms
var. mossambicensis (Baker f.) Verdc.

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Aeschynomene schliebenii var. mossambicensis

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Synonyms:	Aeschynomene nyikensis Baker var. mossambicensis Baker f.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Shrub or small tree. Bark with reddish-brown powdery coating; young branches pubescent. Leaves clustered, 2-20 mm long, pinnate with 10-12 pairs of lanceolate to linear-oblong leaflets, often glandular-ciliate; main vein towards one side. Flowers in short axillary inflorescences, yellow, often with purple lines on the standard. Pods with 1-2 semicircular segments, each c. 9 × 5 mm, puberulous.
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Derivation of specific name:	schliebenii: Hans-Joachim Eberhardt Schlieben (1902-1975), German botanist, photographer, and writer who collected in Tanzania and South Africa.
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Worldwide distribution:	Southern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, 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. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 283. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 216. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 246. 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. Verdcourt, B. (2000). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6) Pages 103 - 104.

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