Macrotyloma axillare (E. Mey.) Verdc.
var. axillare

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Below dam wall, Cleveland Dam

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Synonyms:	Dolichos axillaris E. Mey. var. pubescens E. Mey.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Climbing herb, up to 3.5 m long, with annual stems growing from a perennial rootstock. Stems with rather dense spreading hairs. Leaves 3-foliolate with elliptic to ovate leaflets; lateral leaflets somewhat asymmetric. Flowers axillary in pairs or 4-10-flowered clusters, white to creamy yellow-green, often with a purple blotch at the base of the standard. Standard 12-15(-20) mm long. Pods 3-8 cm, flattened, linear-oblong, pubescent, beaked.
Notes:	See var. glabrum for comparison.
Derivation of specific name:	axillare: axillary, arising in the leaf axils
Habitat:	On sandy soils in grassland and open woodland, sometimes in disturbed and cultivated places.
Altitude range:	Up to 1700 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Throughout Africa to Yemen. Also in Madagascar.
Malawi distribution:	N,C,S
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Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 25. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 224. Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 182. (Includes a picture). Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Pages 115 - 116. 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 49. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 69.

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