''Adenodolichos acutifoliolatus'' is a plant in the legume family
Fabaceae, native to Tanzania.
Description
''Adenodolichos acutifoliolatus'' grows as a shrubby herb, up to tall. The leaves consist of up to 3 pairs of
lanceolate
The following is a list of terms which are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (a single leaf blade or lamina) or compound (with several leaflets). The edge of the leaf may be regular ...
leaflets,
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 ...
above and beneath and measuring up to long.
Inflorescences
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed ...
have flowers featuring mauve petals.
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Distribution and habitat
''Adenodolichos acutifoliolatus'' is endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to Tanzania. Its habitat is in ''Brachystegia
''Brachystegia'' is a genus of tree of the subfamily Detarioideae that is native to tropical Africa.
Trees of the genus are commonly known as miombo, and are dominant in the miombo woodlands of central and southern tropical Africa. The Zambezi ...
'' woodland at altitudes of around .[
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References
acutifoliolatus
Endemic flora of Tanzania
Plants described in 1971
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