Aeschynomene gazensis Baker F.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Aeschynomene

Characteristics

Leaves 14–24-foliolate; leaflets 1–4(5) × 0.6–1.2 mm, elliptic to oblong, mucronulate at the apex, obliquely rounded at the base, glabrous, the main nerve ± central; petiole and rhachis together 8–15 mm long, pubescent with bristly hairs; petiolules minute; stipules 3–9 × 0.5–2.5 mm, lanceolate, acuminate, unappendaged, glabrous, at length deciduous.
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Inflorescences 1.6–3 cm long, pubescent with tubercular-based hairs; peduncles 3–6 mm long; pedicels 2 mm long, similarly pubescent; bracts 2–3-fid, 1.5–2.5 × 0.5–1 mm, elliptic, deciduous; bracteoles 2 × 1 mm, ovate to lanceolate, slightly ciliolate at the apex, sometimes slightly 2–3-fid, deciduous.
Shrub 0.9–1.8 m tall; young stems densely covered with short bristly tubercular-based hairs, older stems purplish, somewhat ridged and glabrescent.
Standard yellow or bronze-yellow, veined with brown, 10–12 × 6.5–7 mm, obovate; wings and keel yellow, the petals of the latter not laciniate.
Calyx glabrous, 2-lipped; lips 6 × 3–4 mm, ovate or ovate-oblong, one scarcely emarginate, the other very slightly 3-toothed.
Fruit of 2 articles joined by a narrow neck, each article semicircular, 4–5 × 3.5–4 mm, glabrous or very sparsely setulose.
Seeds not seen.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.9 - 1.8
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Distribution

Aeschynomene gazensis world distribution map, present in Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Aeschynomene gazensis threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:472740-1
WFO ID wfo-0000173341
COL ID 65C68
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Synonyms

Aeschynomene gazensis