DOLICHOS SERICEUS
Author:
Ernst H. Friedrich Meyer, 1836
Family:
FABACEAE
Origin:
Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Elevation:
Publisher:
Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 141 (1836)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
"Large"
Height:
60-210 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds
CITES:
Synonyms:
Dolichos sericeus subsp. formosus, Verdc.
Dolichos sericeus subsp. glabrescens, Verdc.
Dolichos sericeus subsp. pseudofalcatus, Verdc.
Dolichos formosus, sensu Robyns non A. Rich. sensu stricto.
Dolichos shuterioides, Baker.
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Rhynchosia sphaerocephala, Baker.
This member of the Fabaceae family was given this name by Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer in 1836. It is found from Cameroon to southern Ethiopia and south to South Africa, growing in a rich but well drained soil with quite some water and some sun. The caudex can grow large, the entire plant from 60 to 210 centimetres in height. The flowers are pink, magenta or bluish-purple.
The genera name means 'long' after the fruits. The species name means "with silky appressed hairs" for the pubescent leaves. A pink flower by Andrew Hankey,Inaturalist.
Flower
Pink - Magenta - Bluish-Purple
Soil
Rich - Mix
Water
Medium - Maximum
Sun
Medium
