Fabaceae
Dolichos

Dolichos oliveri Schweinf.

First published in Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 18: 656 (1868)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to Zimbabwe. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mackinder, B., Pasquet, R., Polhill, R. & Verdcourt, B. (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 3(5): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mackinder, B., Pasquet, R., Polhill, R. & Verdcourt, B. (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 3(5): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.J. Jex-Blake, Some Wild Flowers of Kenya p. 47 (1948).
  • Bak. f., Leguminosae of Tropical Africa: 446 (1929).
  • Bak. in Flora of Tropical Africa 2: 212 (1871).
  • Schweinf. in Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 18: 656 (1868).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Gillett, J. B. et al. (1971). Papilionoideae. In: Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Milne-Redhead & Polhill

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354309 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001350556 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001354244 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354287 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354290 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001354243 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354297 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354288 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001354224 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354282 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001354227 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001354223 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354301 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354269 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001350558 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001354240 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001354238 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001350552 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354274 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001354217 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354289 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001354231 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001354229 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K001354726 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354304 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001354247 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354300 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354294 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001354242 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354252 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001354225 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354305 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354292 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354295 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K001354725 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001354228 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354299 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354276 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354284 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001354233 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001350551 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354296 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354302 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001350549 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001354230 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001354241 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001354232 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001354234 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001354248 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001354251 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354298 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001354226 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001354245 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354254 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001354215 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [6322] Tanzania K000468103 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001354246 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K001354239 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001354249 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001350557 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354307 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001354235 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354280 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001350548 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354308 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354293 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001354218 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354281 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001354250 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354278 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354271 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354279 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354270 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354273 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354285 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354253 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001354216 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sudan K001350550 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001350555 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354283 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354303 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001354237 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001350554 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001350553 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [11272] Tanzania K:SPC-23754.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354272 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354275 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K001354727 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001354236 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354286 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K001354222 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354277 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K001350559 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354291 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001354306 Yes

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • 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