Aeschynomene nematopoda Harms

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Aeschynomene

Characteristics

Diffuse annual trailing herb ± 30 cm. long.. Stems slender, glabrous or almost so.. Leaves 4–16-foliolate; leaflets oblong-oblanceolate, oblanceolate, narrowly oblong or obovate-obcuneate, 2.5–11 mm. long, 1–2.7 mm. wide, rounded to slightly emarginate at the apex, narrowed to an obliquely rounded base, glabrous; main nerve ± central; petiole and rhachis together 0.5–1.5 cm. long, produced as a bristle; petiolules 0.3 mm. long; stipules ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, 4–8 mm. long, ± 1 mm. wide, acuminate, shortly appendaged on one side at the base, persistent.. Inflorescences axillary, few–several-flowered; rhachis 1–4 cm. long; peduncle obsolete; pedicels filiform, 0.6–1.3 cm. long, glabrous; bracts in threes as in previous species, 2–3 mm. long, 0.5 mm. wide, persistent; bracteoles ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, 1–2 mm. long, 0.5 mm. wide, glabrous, persistent.. Calyx glabrous, 2-lipped, the lips oblong or elliptic, 3–4.5 mm. long, 1–1.5(–2) mm. wide, one slightly emarginate, the other minutely 3-toothed.. Standard dark orange-yellow, spathulate, 6–7 mm. long, 4 mm. wide above, 1 mm. wide below; wings and keel-petals yellow, the latter not laciniate.. Actual pods unknown but developing underground, the stipe accrescent, 1.5–8 cm. long at least.
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Leaves 4–16-foliolate; leaflets 2.5–11 × 1–2.7 mm, oblong-oblanceolate, oblanceolate, narrowly oblong or obovate-obcuneate, rounded to slightly emarginate at the apex, narrowed to an obliquely rounded base, glabrous; main nerve ± central; petiole and rhachis together 5–15 mm long, produced as a bristle; petiolules 0.3 mm long; stipules 4–8 × c. 1 mm, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, acuminate, shortly appendaged on one side at the base, persistent.
Inflorescences axillary, few-to several-flowered; peduncle obsolete; rhachis 1–4 cm long; pedicels 6–13 mm long, filiform, glabrous; bracts in threes, 2–3 × 0.5 mm, persistent; bracteoles 1–2 × 0.5 mm, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, glabrous, persistent.
Standard dark orange-yellow, 6–7 mm long, 4 mm wide above, 1 mm wide below, spathulate; wings and keel petals yellow, the latter not laciniate.
Calyx glabrous, 2-lipped; lips 3–4.5 × 1–1.5(2) mm, oblong or elliptic, one slightly emarginate, the other minutely 3-toothed.
Fruit unknown but developing underground, the stipe accrescent, 1.5–8 cm long at least.
Diffuse annual trailing herb c. 30 cm long.
Stems slender, glabrous or almost so.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Distribution

Aeschynomene nematopoda world distribution map, present in Mozambique and Tanzania, United Republic of

Conservation status

Aeschynomene nematopoda threat status: Near Threatened

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:472853-1
WFO ID wfo-0000173711
COL ID 65C8S
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Synonyms

Aeschynomene nematopoda