Neonotonia wightii (Wight & Arn.) J.A.Lackey

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and University of die Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Plants of South Africa
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Fabaceae
Neonotonia wightii (Am.) Lackey
det. H. J. Venter, 2001
South Africa. Kwazulu Natal., Along coastal road, 20 km north of Richards bay
to Mapelane, along RBM beach turn aft 28° 39.689' S: 32° 15.339' E.
Elevation: .
Coastal dune with gentle E slope, well-drained soil of aeolian windblown sand of
tertiary seabeds. Common. Native. Reclaimed mined sand dunes covered in dune
forest with Acacia karoo, Ipomoea, Laportea, Senecio tamoides, Passiflora,
Oplismenus, Cyperus.
Perennial climber with twining stems, 3-4 m long. Leaves alternate, trifoliately
compound, hairy. Leaflets broadly ovate, 5-6 x 4-5 mm, margins entire, apices
acute, leaf bases of 2 lower leaflets oblique. Legumes 50 x 3-4 mm, covered in
stiffblack bristles.
H. J. Venter & A. Venter 9674
16 December 2001
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