Ptycholobium biflorum biflorum
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Full name: | Ptycholobium biflorum (E.Mey.) Brummitt subsp. biflorum |
| Location: | Kyffhäuser (2416AD + 2416CB) |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | - |
| English common name(s): | - |
| Synonym(s): | Sylitra biflora E.Mey. |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Dwarf shrub; with 1-foliolate leaves and not or slightly coiled fruits. (from http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=62711) A perennial herb, woody and reaching 30 cm in height. Long, thin linear leaves which have a covering of fine grey hairs. Flowers usually grow in pairs, from the axils of the leaves, they are yellow with violet at the tips of the wings. The fruit is very distinctive. ll is a flattish pod, light green when young and maturing to a pinkish colour. Pods are characteristically contorted. (from Namibrand website) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Photographer: | AA Dreyer |
| Date of photograph: | 21 Mar 2008 |
| Camera make: | Canon |
| Camera model: | PowerShot A700 |
| Lens aperture: | f/4.0 |
| Shutter speed: | 1/800 s |
| ISO speed: | - |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
