Fabaceae
Dolichos

Dolichos filifoliolus Verdc.

First published in Kew Bull. 24: 426 (1970)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Zambia. It is a perennial or tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian grassland, Zambezian wooded grassland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

Leguminosae, B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt. Flora Zambesiaca 3:5. 2001

Morphology General Habit
Prostrate herb 15–50 cm long, arising from a perennial tuberous rootstock to 15 × 10 cm.
Morphology Stem
Stems annual, narrow, branching, slightly angled, sparsely pubescent.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves digitately 3-foliolate; leaflets 3.5–13.5 cm × 1–2 mm, filiform, apex acute, base rounded, puberulent to almost glabrous, 3-veined from base; petiole 1–2 mm long; stipules 5–12 × 1–25(45) mm, lanceolate, striate; stipels minute.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers axillary, solitary, in pairs or in 3–6-flowered fascicles, pedicels 0.8–6.5 cm long, glabrescent; bracts absent; bracteoles minute.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx glabrous, reddish-brown with resin deposits; tube 2–3 mm long; lobes 2–3 mm long, triangular; upper pair fused for almost all of their length.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard magenta, flushed green on outer surface, 11–14 × 10–14 mm, almost round; wings purple; keel paler with purple tip.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary 4–6 mm long, linear-oblong, compressed, puberulent on the margins; style 5–10 mm long; stigma minute, terminal, capitate, penicillate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 4.3–5 cm × 7–9 mm, narrowly oblanceolate, glabrous on the surfaces but sparsely puberulent along the margins.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds unknown.
[FZ]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0