''Adenodolichos paniculatus'' is a plant in the legume family
, native to tropical Africa. The
specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
means "with
panicles
A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. (softcover ). Some authors distinguish it from a compound spike inflorescence, by requiring that the flowers (and fruit) be pedicellate (having a single stem per flower). The branches of a panicle are o ...
", referring to the plant's many-branched
inflorescence.
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Description
''Adenodolichos paniculatus'' grows as a shrub, from tall. The leaves consist of three to five ovate
Ovate may refer to:
*Ovate (egg-shaped) leaves, tepals, or other botanical parts
*Ovate, a type of prehistoric stone hand axe
*Ovates, one of three ranks of membership in the Welsh Gorsedd
*Vates
In modern English, the nouns vates () and ovat ...
leaflets, glabrous above, glabrous or pubescent The adjective pubescent may describe:
* people or animals undergoing puberty
* plants that are hairy, covered in trichomes
* insects that are covered in setae
In biology, setae (singular seta ; from the Latin word for "bristle") are any of a ...
beneath and measuring up to long. Inflorescences feature panicles up to long with green or purple flowers. The fruits are elliptic pods measuring up to long.[
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Distribution and habitat
''Adenodolichos paniculatus'' is native to countries of tropical Africa, from Guinea in the west to Sudan in the east and south to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[ Its habitat is in woodland and grassland at altitudes of .][
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References
paniculatus
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa
Flora of Chad
Flora of Sudan
Flora of Uganda
Plants described in 1897
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