''Stylosanthes fruticosa'' (syn. ''Arachis fruticosa''), the African stylo, wild lucerne or shrubby pencilflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family

Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

. It is native to

Cape Verde Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands ...

, sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, the Arabian Peninsula, India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar, and has been introduced to Hawaii. Relished by livestock, it can survive light shade, acid soils and even light frosts. It grows from sea level to on as little as of rain per year.

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fruticosa Forages Flora of Cape Verde Flora of West Tropical Africa Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa Flora of East Tropical Africa Flora of South Tropical Africa Flora of Southern Africa Flora of Madagascar Flora of the Arabian Peninsula Flora of India (region) Flora of Sri Lanka Flora of Myanmar Plants described in 1931 {{Dalbergieae-stub