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Dipogon lignosus

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Linnaeus) Verdcourt

Propagation

C.S.

Cultivated

C, ornamental, green manure

Common Names

• Australian Pea Vine
• Ertjiebos
• Mile-a-minute
• Dolichos Pea
• Picardia
• Pois du Cap

Geographical Habitats

• South Africa

Natural Habitats

• Montane areas.

Flowering Times

• Spring -Early summer

Fruiting Times

Twining glabrous or villous perennial herb or shrub with 15mm pink to mauve or white flowers, pink with purplish keel, in umbels or axillary racemes, fruit a pod to 45mm long

Can become an invasive weed, naturalised in some places

Cultivated for edible seeds, green manure

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Jones & Gray 1977
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• FONZ
• Bodkin
• APDC
• Mansfeld
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus