Aeschynomene grandistipulata Harms

Species

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Characteristics

Leaves rather fleshy, often glaucous, (8)14–22-foliolate; leaflets 1.2–3 × 0.6–2 cm, elliptic, oblong-elliptic or elliptic-ovate, rounded but mucronulate at the apex, obliquely rounded to cordate at the base, entire or sometimes ciliolate when young, glabrous; venation reticulate beneath; petiole and rhachis together (3)7–12 cm long, glabrous or rarely densely covered with tubercular-based hairs; petiolules distinct, c. 1 mm long; stipules large and conspicuous, 1.5–3.7 × 1.3–3 cm, ovate-elliptic, glabrous, reticulately veined, eventually deciduous.
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Inflorescences axillary, many-flowered, often branched, 7–15 cm long, the rhachis densely covered with tubercular-based hairs or glabrescent; peduncle 1.5–7 cm long; pedicels 3–7 mm long, all with similar hairs; bracts 7–13 × (3)4–8 mm, ovate or lanceolate, glabrous, deciduous; bracteoles 4–6 × 1.5–2.5 mm, lanceolate, glabrous, deciduous.
Young stems dark purplish-brown, often glaucous, glabrous or with dense to scattered tubercular-based hairs on some or all internodes, the older ones appearing jointed at the nodes due to the scars formed by the deciduous stipules, glabrous.
Standard yellow or orange-yellow with purple veins and a reddish basal patch inside, 11–13 × 7–8 mm, elliptic; wings and keel yellow or orange, the former free, the latter purplish at the tip.
Fruit of 3 articles joined by very narrow necks, each article semicircular, 7–8 × 5 mm, compressed, glabrous or very sparsely ciliate, smooth.
Calyx glabrous, 2-lipped; lips 8–12 × (3.5)4–5.5 mm, oblong, one entire and the other obscurely 3-fid, practically entire.
Shrub 1.2–3 m tall.
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) 1.2 - 3.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Distribution

Aeschynomene grandistipulata world distribution map, present in Mozambique and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Aeschynomene grandistipulata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:472757-1
WFO ID wfo-0000173392
COL ID 65C7C
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Synonyms

Aeschynomene grandistipulata