Distribution Map

Neonotonia wightii

       
(Glycine wightii)
(Glycine javanica subsp. javanica)
(Glycine wightii subsp. wightii var. longituda)
(Glycine javanica)

Fabaceae Faboideae Phaseoleae Glycininae

As at April 2024, 14 herbarium specimens, 4 photo records, 8 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Mlawula
Other uses

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Glycine wightii - Tall herbaceous twiner, hairy throughout. Leaves with three broadly oval leaflets, terminal distinctly stalked, lateral asymmetrical, c 4 cm long x 2,5 cm wide, tapering gradually to tip. Inflorescence long, slender; flowers small, numerous, scattered, almost stalkless. Calyx shaggy, c 3 mm long, lobes pointed, almost as long as tube. Corolla white, c 5 mm long; standard rounded, stalkless; wings and keel staJked, bulging at base. Stamens all united, anthers all alike. Pods flat, slightly jointed, c 2,5 cm long x 5 mm wide; seeds e five, separated by partitions.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.