page_title: Dolichos (plant)
hierarchical_section_title: Dolichos (plant)
caption_attribution_description: On Serra de Ribaue (Mozambique), about 900 m.a.s.. Looks like the wild progenitor of lablab beans (Dolichos lablab).
context_page_description: Dolichos is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, and the subfamily Faboideae. It is distributed in Africa and Asia.
  The lablab bean was formerly included in Dolichos.
  These are herbs and shrubs growing upright, sometimes with climbing stems, or spreading prostrate upon the ground. They have woody rhizomes. The leaves have single blades or are pinnate, divided into three leaflets. The plants sometimes produce their leaves after flowering. The flowers are solitary or in racemes of several. The flowers are white or purple, or occasionally yellow. The fruit is a flattened legume pod.
  The plants' general form, annual stems sprouting from a large perennial rootstock, is thought to be adapted to habitat prone to seasonal wildfire.
  Some of the species grow to heights of 30 feet. The average Dolichos is between 5 and 10 feet high.
  There are about 60 species.
  Species include:
  Dolichos aciphyllus
  Dolichos angustifolius
  Dolichos angustissimus
  Dolichos antunesii
  Dolichos argyros
  Dolichos axilliflorus
  Dolichos bellus
  Dolichos bianoensis
  Dolichos brevidentatus
  Dolichos capensis
  Dolichos cardiophyllus
  Dolichos complanatus
  Dolichos compressus
  Dolichos corymbosus
context_section_description: Dolichos is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, and the subfamily Faboideae. It is distributed in Africa and Asia.
  The lablab bean (Lablab purpureus) was formerly included in Dolichos.
  These are herbs and shrubs growing upright, sometimes with climbing stems, or spreading prostrate upon the ground. They have woody rhizomes. The leaves have single blades or are pinnate, divided into three leaflets. The plants sometimes produce their leaves after flowering. The flowers are solitary or in racemes of several. The flowers are white or purple, or occasionally yellow. The fruit is a flattened legume pod.
  The plants' general form, annual stems sprouting from a large perennial rootstock, is thought to be adapted to habitat prone to seasonal wildfire.
  Some of the species grow to heights of 30 feet.  The average Dolichos is between 5 and 10 feet high.
  There are about 60 species.
  Species include:
  Dolichos aciphyllus
  Dolichos angustifolius
  Dolichos angustissimus
  Dolichos antunesii
  Dolichos argyros
  Dolichos axilliflorus
  Dolichos bellus
  Dolichos bianoensis
  Dolichos brevidentatus
  Dolichos capensis
  Dolichos cardiophyllus
  Dolichos complanatus
  Dolichos compressus
  Dolichos corymbosus
  Dolichos decumbens
  Dolichos dinklagei
  Dolichos dongaluta
  Dolichos elatus
  Dolichos falciformis
  Dolichos fangitsa
  Dolichos filifoliolus
  Dolichos formosanus
  Dolichos fragrans
  Dolichos glabratus
  Dolichos glabrescens
  Dolichos grandistipulatus
  Dolichos gululu
  Dolichos hastiformis
  Dolichos homblei
  Dolichos ichthyophone
  Dolichos junghuhnianus
  Dolichos karaviaensis
  Dolichos katali
  Dolichos kilimandscharicus Taub.
  Dolichos linearifolius
  Dolichos linearis
  Dolichos longipes
  Dolichos lualabensis
  Dolichos luticola
  Dolichos magnificus
  Dolichos mendoncae
  Dolichos minutiflorus
  Dolichos nimbaensis
  Dolichos oliveri Schweinf.
  Dolichos peglerae
  Dolichos petiolatus
  Dolichos pratensis
  Dolichos pseudocajanus
  Dolichos pseudocomplanatus
  Dolichos quarrei
  Dolichos reptans
  Dolichos rhombifolius
  Dolichos schweinfurthii
  Dolichos sericeus
  Dolichos sericophyllus
  Dolichos serpens
  Dolichos simplicifolius
  Dolichos smilacinus
  Dolichos splendens
  Dolichos staintonii
  Dolichos subcapitatus
  Dolichos tenuicaulis
  Dolichos thorelii
  Dolichos tonkouiensis
  Dolichos trilobus
  Dolichos trinervatus Baker
  Dolichos ungoniensis
  Dolichos xiphophyllus
  Dolichos zovuanyi
caption: Dolichos
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