The pink velvet bean (''Pseudarthria hookeri'', named after
William Hooker) is a lanky, perennial
Afrotropical
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...
herb in the
legume
A legume () is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. When used as a dry grain, the seed is also called a pulse. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption, for livestock f ...
family,
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It is widespread in the African tropics and moist uplands of the African subtropics, from Senegal and Ethiopia southwards to eastern South Africa.
It bears rough trifoliolate leaves along the stem, and produces terminal, pink flowers in late summer.
[ The stem may grow up to 2 or 3 meters in height annually, before it dies back in the dry season.][
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References
External links
''Pseudarthria hookeri'' var. ''hookeri'', Flora of Mozambique
''Pseudarthria hookeri'' West African Plants
Desmodieae
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