Mongalla Prov. (Opari District); Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land: by the
Yuru River).
Used to stupefy fish, the leaves and branches are pounded and thrown on
the surface of the water; the fish rise after a few minutes and are
quite wholesome and fit for food.
=T. aff. T. hirtæ.= _Boj._
Stout, bushy herb with fulvous hairs; pods densely villous.
Mongalla Prov.
=T. Kotschyana= _Hochst._
Leaflets linear-lanceolate, about 2 in. long, finely appressed pilose
below; lateral nerves numerous, ascending. Racemes long-stalked, lax-
flowered. Pods falcate, 2 in. long, puberulous, about 10-seeded.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat).
=T. linearis= _Pers._
Copiously branched perennial. Leaflets 5-17 linear, grey-hairy. Racemes
lax, 4-8 flowered. Cor. reddish. Pod linear, 1-2 in. long, narrow,
downy.
Kordofan Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas & Niamniam-land).
=T. nubica= _Baker._ UM SABA (Medani)—Arab.
Much-branched undershrub, 12-18 in. high; stems woolly. Racemes terminal
or leaf-opposed, 6-12 flowered; cor. pink. Pods densely white-silky,
1-seeded.
Blue Nile Prov.; Kordofan Prov.; Darfur Prov. (J. Serg).
=T. obcordata= _Baker._ IDEINAT EL FAR (N. Kordn.)—Arab.
Woody herb or undershrub. Stem and leaves white woolly. Plant often
adorned by white feathery tassel-like galls. Leaves subsessile, simple,
obcordate.
Kordofan Prov.; Darfur-Kordofan border, 13° N. Lat.
=T. rigida= _Baker._
Undershrub. Leaflets 13-17, linear. Racemes terminal, dense, 2-4 in.
long. Cor. pale-red. Pod 2 in. long, ¼ in. broad, slightly upcurved.
Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
=T. purpurea= _Pers._
Much-branched perennial, 1-2 ft. high; leaflets 5-10 pair and a terminal
one, on pilose stalk; pods ab. 1½ in. linear, slightly curved,
mucronate.
Kordofan Prov. (El Obeid).
Fresh root-bark ground and made into a pill with a little black pepper,
is frequently given in cases of obstinate colic.
=var. pubescens= _Baker._
Darfur Prov.
=T. leptostachya= _DC._
Stems ultimately glabrous, but pod silky, slightly falcate, 1¾ in. long.
Leaflets about 14, mucronate, 1 in. long, shortly appressed-pubescent.
Flowers few, in long lax racemes.
Fung Prov. (Disa); Kordofan Prov. (Abu Gerad).
=T. Apollinea= _DC._ AMAYOK—Arab.
Bushy herb, 12-18 in. high. Leaflets 5-9, oblong. Racemes terminal or
lateral, loosely 6-12 flowered; cor. red. Pod narrow-linear, 1½ in.
long.
Red Sea Prov. (22° N.L.); Wadi Halfa; Dongola Prov. (Merowe); Berber
Prov.; Khartoum Prov.; Blue Nile Prov. (Medani); Fung Prov.; Kordofan
Prov.
Said to be used to adulterate Senna.
=T. vicioides= _A. Rich._
Diffusely-branched herb, silky. Leaflets 7-9, obovate-oblong. Flowers
purple, axillary, solitary or in pairs. Pod 1 in. long, narrow-linear,
recurved.
Berber Prov. (Shendi); Kordofan Prov. (Abu Gerad).
=T. lathyroides= _Guill._ & _Perr._ UM SABA (Medani)—Arab.
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