Species Dolichos hastiformis
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Location unknown
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Etymology of Dolichos:
Gk. dolikhos = A Latin and Greek name used by Theophrastus and Pliny the Elder for any longpodded bean; referring to this leguminous plant’s long shoots.
Scientific name:
Dolichos hastiformis E. Mey.
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Synonym of:
Unknown
Protologue:
Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. 1: 142 (1836)
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Year published:
1836
Straggling shrublet with long, slender stems. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, leaflets narrowly to broadly hastate. Flowers sub-umbellate on peduncles, bright pink or mauve, style channelled. Oct.--May. Coastal grassland, below 300 m, LB, SE (Riversdale to E Cape).
Observations of Taxon
Dolichos hastiformis
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Name of observer:
Auriol Batten (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
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