Fabaceae
Dolichos

Dolichos magnificus Verdc.

First published in Kew Bull. 24: 430 (1970)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Zambia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian woodland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

Leguminosae, B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt. Flora Zambesiaca 3:5. 2001

Morphology General Habit
Erect herb 60–90 cm tall; rootstock unknown.
Morphology Stem
Stems annual, angled, densely white, silver or gold pilose.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate; leaflets 3.5–12 × 2.8–7 cm, ovate, laterals somewhat oblique, all leaflets emarginate to acute at the apex, cuneate to rounded at the base, densely bronze or silvery velutinous on upper suface, densely white velutinous beneath, very dense on the primary and secondary veins; petiole 1.1–3 cm long; rhachis 4–7 cm long; petiolules 5–6 mm long; stipules early caducous; stipels 7–11 mm long, linear-lanceolate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers in terminal pseudoracemes; peduncle 11–17 cm long; rhachis 4–19 cm long; pedicels 4–20 mm long; bracts 5–6 mm long, filiform, caducous; bracteoles 6–18 mm long, filiform, caducous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx densely white sericeous; tube 7–8 mm long; lobes 6–17 mm long, narrowly triangular, lower central lobe twice the length of the lateral lobes, upper pair fused for almost all of their length.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard purple, 2.8–3 × 2 cm, subcircular; wings and keel purple.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary 10–12 mm long, linear-oblong, compressed, glabrous or sericeus; style 7–9 mm long; stigma minute, terminal, capitate, penicillate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 5.5–7.5 × 1.4–1.7 cm, oblong-oblanceolate, densely white or silver tomentose, 2–3-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Mature seeds unknown.
[FZ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0