Fabaceae
Dolichos

Dolichos pseudocomplanatus R.Wilczek

First published in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 24: 427 (1954)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. DR Congo to Zambia. It is a perennial or tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

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]

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

Morphology General Habit
Erect herb to 1 m tall, arising from a perennial tuberous rootstock.
Morphology Stem
Stems annual, branched, angled, sometimes ribbed, sparsely to densely white or golden pilose.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate; terminal leaflet 2.6–7.2 × 0.9–3.1 cm, elliptic to obovate, lateral leaflets 1.9–5.7 × 0.8–2.8 cm, elliptic to obovate, the leaflets pubescent on both surfaces; petiole 1–3.2 cm; rhachis 7–12 mm long; petiolules 1–2 mm long; stipules 6–12 × 2–4 mm, lanceolate, pubescent, striate, persistent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers axillary, solitary, in pairs or in 3–12-flowered fascicles, late or lack of development of the leaves giving these fascicles the appearance of a terminal pseudoraceme; pedicels 1–4(8) mm long, white pilose; bracts absent; bracteoles minute, caducous, placed on the pedicel well below the calyx.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx spreading white-pubescent; tube 3–5 mm long; lower lobes 2–5 mm long, linear, triangular, central lobe twice as long as the laterals, upper pair shorter 1–2 mm long, fused for almost all of their length.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard purple, sometimes tinged greenish outside, 12–20 × 12–20 mm, round; wings and keel paler.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary 6–7 mm long, linear-oblong, compressed, densely tomentose; style 5–7 mm long; stigma terminal, capitate, penicillate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 2–4 cm × 4–7 mm, narrowly oblong, appressed pubescent or glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds unknown.
[FZ]

International Legume Database and Information Service

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

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • 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.
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  • 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