Fabaceae
Dolichos

Dolichos glabrescens R.Wilczek

First published in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 24: 416 (1954)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is DR Congo to W. Zambia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
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 creeping herb to 1.3 m long, arising from a perennial woody rootstock, flowering with the leaves.
Morphology Stem
Stems annual, slender, sparsely pubescent or glabrous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 1-foliolate; leaflet 3.5–6.8 × 1.1–4 cm, elliptic, ovate or broadly ovate, acute at the apex, cordate or rounded at the base; glabrous, 3-veined at the base; petiole 2–6 mm long; stipules 7–12 × 3–5 mm, ovate-lanceolate, leafy, striate, erect (may appear reflexed on herbarium sheets); stipels minute.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers axillary, in 3–9-flowered fascicles; pedicels (1.8)3–4.5 cm long, hirsute; bracts 1–22 × 3–7 mm, broadly ovate, striate; bracteoles 1–3 mm long, filiform.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx glabrous or sparsely puberulent; tube 3–4 mm long; lower lobes short, 1 mm long, upper pair 2–3 mm long, fused along half their length forming a bifid tip.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard yellow, 10–15 × 9–14 mm, almost round; wings and keel yellow.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary 4–5 mm long, linear-oblong, compressed, puberulent; style 6–7 mm long; stigma minute, terminal, penicillate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods (somewhat immature) stipitate, 45 × 7 mm, oblong, compressed, glabrous except along the thickened margins,2–3-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Mature 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