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Seed Accession 950011

Taxon

Abrus schimperi subsp. africanus

Botanical Name

Abrus schimperi Hochstetter ex Baker subsp. africanus (Vatke) Verdcourt

Accession No.

950011

Accession Date

2 Feb 1995

Availability

C (Scarce)

Collector(s)

A. Ellert, P. Khulu Sibanda, M. Wilkins

Collection Date

30 Apr 1991

Locality

Zimbabwe
Roadside across from police station, Munyati Power Station. Near 18°40'S x 29°50'E. Elev. ca. 1,200 m

Setting Circumstances

Small shrub to 1m with blue flowers, growing on shallow red clay soil on rocky sites in Miombo woodland, with Manikara mochisia, Brachystegia boehmii, B. spiciformis, Euphorbia matabelensis, Julbernardia globiflora, Combretum mossambicense, Bridelia cathartica subsp. melanthesoides, Grewia sp., Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia.

Provenance

Wild

Associated Accession

None

No. Individuals Collected From

Unknown

Comments

Received from Mary Wilkins.

Herbarium Voucher(s)

None
Desert Legume Program

Desert Legume Program
2120 E. Allen Road
Tucson, AZ 85719

delep@cals.arizona.edu

 


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