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Eriosema englerianum
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Greystone Park NR, Harare
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Greystone Park NR, Harare
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Greystone Park NR, Harare
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Rd to Christon Bank
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Calderwood Park, Peterhouse School
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| Synonyms: |
Eriosema flemingioides sensu Hiern var. rhodesica L. Bolus Eriosema hockii De Wild. |
| Common names: | Blue bush (English) Mashona fire bean (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
A many-stemmed perennial, growing from a woody rootstock. The stems die off in winter or are burnt in fires, which stimulates regrowth and flowering. Leaves 3-foliolate, rarely some leaves 1-foliolate; leaflets oblong-elliptic to oblong-obovate, 4-15 cm long, hairy when young above, hairless when mature, densely silvery-white velvety below. Flowers in dense, elongate heads, which may grow directly from the rootstock (photo right) before the stems develop, or are borne axillary on the stems. Standard orange to golden-yellow inside, striped reddish-brown or purplish outside; keel paler yellow, flushed purple-brown at the tip. Pods oblong-elliptic, c. 2.2 × 1.2 cm, mucronate, densely covered in silky white hairs. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | englerianum: named after Dr Prof Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler (1844-1930), German Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Berlin, who initiated extensive botanical exploration in Africa. |
| Habitat: | In grassland and open woodland. |
| Altitude range: | 400 - 1650 m |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe |
| Malawi distribution: | N,C,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Content last updated: | Thursday 8 October 2015 |
| Literature: |
Coates Palgrave, M. (1989). Guide to the trees and shrubs of the Mukuvisi Woodlands ?publisher. Page 36. as Eriosema engleranum Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 220. Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Pages 217 - 218. 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 48. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 60. Plowes, D.C.H. & Drummond, R.B. (1990). Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe. Revised edition. Longman, Zimbabwe. No. 55, plate 80 |
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