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Neonotonia wightii

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Graham ex Wight & Arnott) J.A. Lackey

Common Names

• Glycine
• Soja Perene
• Perennial Soybean
• Fundo-fundo
• Olopito (Kimaasai)
• Ifundo Fundo (Kipare)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Botswana
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Chad
• Comoros
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• India
• Kenya
• Liberia
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Sierra Leone
• South Africa
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Woodland edges
• thickets
• grassland

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• Jun
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Apr
• Jun
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov

Twining or prostrate woody perennial herb with pubescent stems, pubescent leaves, terminal leaflet to 60mm x 40mm. Racemes to 250mm long with 20-100 flowers, bractlets to 4mm, 8mm white & orange flowers with purple spot, hirsute calyx 5mm long & teeth to 10mm long, white or yellowish coroll sometimes violet-tinged. Fruits green & brown to 40mm long x5mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• GBS
• ILDIS
• Hermann