''Adenodolichos kaessneri'' is a plant in the legume family
Fabaceae, native to central Africa.
Description
''Adenodolichos kaessneri'' grows as a shrub, from tall. The leaves consist of up to 3 pairs of elliptical 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 white petals with coloured veins. The fruits are pods measuring long.
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Distribution and habitat
''Adenodolichos kaessneri'' is native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.[ Its habitat is in grassland, ]savanna
A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland- grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to ...
and ''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. Some populations of the species are present in protected areas. In Tanzania, ''Adenodolichos kaessneri'' is found at altitudes from .
References
kaessneri
Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Flora of Tanzania
Plants described in 1913
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