Swaziland's Flora Database:
Species Information
Macrotyloma axillare (E.Mey.) Verdc. var. axillare
(name current 2016)
emagonsi
umgonsi
(Macrotyloma axillare)
(Dolichos biflorus)
Fabaceae
Growth form:
Found within protected areas
Other uses
Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Dolichos biflorus - Slender-stemmed, twining or scrambling, woody at base, silky when young, becoming hairless. Leaf stalk very slender c 2 cm long. Leaflets oval, tapering to both ends, tip blunt; terminal with stalk c 7 mm long, blade c 4 cm long x 2 cm wide, laterals about same size. Flowers few in dense axillary clusters. Calyx c 1 cm long, lobes pointed. Corolla c 2 cm long, hairless, pale greenish yellow. Pod flattened, slightly hairy, c 4 cm long x 4 mm wide..
* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.
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