Dalbergia martinii F. White

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Dalbergia martinii

Photo: Rob Burrett
National Botanic Garden, Harare

Dalbergia martinii

Photo: Rob Burrett
National Botanic Garden, Harare

Dalbergia martinii

Photo: Rob Burrett
National Botanic Garden, Harare

Dalbergia martinii

Photo: Rob Burrett
National Botanic Garden, Harare

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Synonyms: Dalbergia glandulosa Dunkley
Common names: Zambezi flat-bean (English)
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Unarmed scrambling shrub or true climber with coiled tendrils. Branchlets rough with tuberculate glands; bark dark chocolate-brown. Leaves imparipinnate with 5-8 alternate leaflets. Leaflets elliptic to ovate, 2-7 cm long. Flowers small, sweetly scented, white, in branched sprays. Pods indehiscent, up to 9 × 2 cm, flat, appearing almost winged, single-seeded, covered with sticky glands, hardening as they dry.
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Growth form(s): Climber, tree, liane, shrub over 2 m.
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Literature:

Brummitt, R.K., Harder, D.K., Lewis, G.P., Lock, J.M., Polhill, R.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(3) Pages 69 - 70.

Curtis, B.A. & Mannheimer, C.A. (2005). Tree Atlas of Namibia National Botanic Research Institute, Windhoek Page 236.

Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 219.

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 246.

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 47.

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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Species information: Dalbergia martinii.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=131060, retrieved 28 March 2024

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