Summary
Place of publication:
Flora 22:51. 1839
Verified:
03/26/2007
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
- Gillett, J. M. & N. L. Taylor (M. Collins ed.). The world of clovers. 2001 352.
- Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
- Taylor, N. 1996. pers. comm.
- Thulin, M. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223. 1983
- Troupin, G. Flore du Rwanda. 1978-
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
- University of Pretoria. 1955. Annual Report on the research activities of the Plant Physiological Research Institute. 45 pp.
- Zohary, M. & D. Heller. 1984. The genus Trifolium. 1984 231.
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Equatorial Guinea | Bioko | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Rwanda | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia, Sudan
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea [Bioko], Rwanda, Zaire
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Animal food | forage | | Taylor, N. 1996. pers. comm. |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=40354.
Accessed 19 July 2025.