Fabaceae
Dolichos

Dolichos linearifolius I.M.Johnst.

First published in Contr. Gray Herb. 73: 36 (1924)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Angola to Zambia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian woodland
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
Erect herb to 60 cm tall, arising from a perennial woody rootstock, flowering before the leaves appear.
Morphology Stem
Stems annual, slender, glabrous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate; leaflets 14–60 × 3–17 mm, narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate, apex acute or almost rounded, base cuneate, glabrous or sparsely appressed pubescent on both surfaces, 3-veined from the base to the apex or nearly so; petiole 12–32 mm long; rhachis 13–20 mm long; petiolules 2 mm long; stipules 2–3 × 1–2 mm, triangular, striate; stipels minute.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers axillary, solitary, in pairs or in 3–8-flowered fascicles; pedicels 1–8 mm long, glabrous or sparsely villous; bracts absent; bracteoles minute.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx glabrous or sparsely villous; tube 2–3 mm long; lobes 1–1.5 mm long, linear-triangular, the upper pair fused for almost all of their length.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard pale mauve, 4–8 × 4–7 mm, almost round; wings and keel pale mauve, 7–8 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary 3–4 mm long, linear-oblong, compressed, glabrous; style 3 mm long; stigma minute, terminal, capitate, penicillate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 3.1–4 cm × 7–9 mm, oblong-elliptic, occasionally slightly falcate, glabrous, 2–3-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds mid-brown speckled black, 4–6 × 3–4 × 1–2 mm, oblong, compressed; hilum 2 mm long, white.
[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: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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