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Internal ID UUID643fd80a6cd27420809998
Scientific name Droogmansia pteropus
Authority (Baker) De Wild.
First published in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 4, 1: 54 (1902)

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Droogmansia pteropus is a plant belonging to the legume family Fabaceae and is found in southern tropical Africa. It can grow up to 3 meters tall and has elliptic or oblong leaves that are covered in hair on the underside. The flowers are bright red and the fruits are yellowish-brown, measuring up to 7 cm long. This plant is native to a region spanning from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Mozambique and can be found in wooded grasslands or savannas at altitudes of 710-2,250 meters.

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Dolichos pteropus Baker Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew1895: 66 (1895)

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Droogmansia pteropus var. giorgii (De Wild.) Verdc. Fl. Zambes.3(6): 33 (2000)
Droogmansia pteropus var. pteropus Unknown

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Tanzania
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000177735
Tropicos 13059204
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:493485-1
The Plant List ild-2380
Open Tree Of Life 3929748
Observations.org 394843
NCBI Taxonomy 2044326
IUCN Red List 19891808
IPNI 493485-1
iNaturalist 139231
GBIF 2945546
EOL 642583
Elurikkus 339105
Wikipedia Droogmansia_pteropus

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