Mundulea sericea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Millettieae
Genus: Mundulea
Species: Mundulea sericea
Subspecies: M. s. subsp. madagascariensis – M. s. subsp. sericea

Name

Mundulea sericea (Willd.) A.Chev., 1925

Synonyms

Cytisus sericeus Willd.
Dalbergia sericea (Willd.) Bojer
Tephrosia sericea (Willd.) DC.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Indian subcontinent
  - India, Sri Lanka
Introduced into:
- Guinea, Jawa, Mali, New Guinea

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Chevalier, A.J.B.. 1925. Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 180:1521, in obs.

Additional references

Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Mundulea sericea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 07. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Mundulea sericea. Published online. Accessed: Mar 07 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Mundulea sericea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Mar 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Mundulea sericea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 07. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Mundulea sericea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Kurkbos, Blou-ertjieboom, Olifantshout, Visboontjie, Visgif, Mangaanbos
English: Cork bush, Silver bush, Rhodesian silver-leaf
Otsiherero: Omukeka
Kwanyama: Omumbaganyana
SiSwati: umSindandlovana
Sesotho: Mosetla-thlou (N)
Setswana: Ntsandzandlopfu, Maibana, Mohato, Mosikatse, Mosita-thlou, Moswaatlou
Tshivenda: Mukunda-ndou
isiZulu: umaMentabeni, umHlalantethe, umSindandlovu