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Rhynchosia hirta

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Andrews) Meikle & Verdcourt

Common Names

• Hin-garadiya

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• India
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mascarene Islands
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• South Africa
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia

Natural Habitats

• Riverine forest edge

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Mar
• Apr
• Jun
• Aug
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Nov

Woody twining liana with brown-pubescent stems, axillary racemes to 225mm long with 12mm long silky bracts, of red, white & green or yellow flowers, grey-tomentose calyx to 25mm long, red or white corolla 25mm long, grey-canescent pods 25mm long, trifoliate coriaceous velvety leaves, central leaflet to 125mm long

Further References

• Mobot
• Menninger 1970
• JDH
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• J.S. Gamble
• Botanicus
• FOTA
• ILDIS