Aeschynomene nyikensis Baker

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Aeschynomene

Characteristics

Erect branched shrub l.5–2.5(–?4.5) m. tall.. Stems at first pubescent with viscid tubercular-based hairs, sometimes peeling to leave a roughened surface.. Leaves fasciculate, 18–26(–40)-foliolate; leaflets linear-oblong, 1.5–3.5 mm. long, 0.5–0.7 mm. wide, acute and mucronulate at the apex, obliquely rounded at the base, rather thick, imbricated, pubescent or glabrous, ciliolate; main nerve eccentric but not marginal, other venation prominent; petiole and rhachis together 0.4–0.8 cm. long; petiolules minute; stipules lanceolate, 3 mm. long, 0.5 mm. wide, acute, not appendaged, striate, at length falling.. Inflorescences axillary, usually aggregated and forming a terminal panicle; rhachis 1.5–5 cm. long; peduncle 0.3–1.2 cm. long; pedicels 3 mm. long; bracts ovate, 3.5 mm. long, 2 mm. wide, bifid, striate, pubescent, soon deciduous; bracteoles lanceolate, 5.5 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide, ciliolate, at length deciduous.. Calyx slightly pubescent, 2-lipped; lips ovate or oblong, 7–10 mm. long, 2.2–5 mm. wide, one slightly to deeply emarginate, the other slightly trifid.. Standard yellow or orange, sometimes lined with purple or red, violin-shaped, 1.2–1.5 cm. long, 0.5–1.1 cm. wide; wings yellow or orange; keel-petals green or yellow, not laciniate.. Pod of 1 or 2 articles joined by a narrow neck; articles elliptic, with upper edge almost straight and lower edge strongly curved, 7.5–10 mm. long, 5.6–7 mm. wide, compressed, margined, glabrous, reticulately venose, later minutely verruculose.. Seeds brown, ellipsoid-reniform, compressed, longest dimension 5 mm., shorter dimension 3.5 mm., 1.5 mm. thick; hilum small, round, eccentric.
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Leaves fasciculate, 18–26(40)-foliolate; leaflets 1.5–3.5 × 0.5–0.7 mm, linear-oblong, acute and mucronulate at the apex, obliquely rounded at the base, rather thick, imbricated, pubescent or glabrous, ciliolate; main nerve eccentric but not marginal, other venation prominent; petiole and rhachis together 4–8 mm long; petiolules minute; stipules 3 × 0.5 mm, lanceolate, acute, not appendaged, striate, at length falling.
Inflorescences axillary, usually aggregated and forming a terminal panicle; peduncle 3–12 mm long; rhachis 1.5–5 cm long; pedicels 3 mm long; bracts 2-fid, 3.5 × 2 mm, ovate, striate, pubescent, soon deciduous; bracteoles 5.5 × 1.5 mm, lanceolate, ciliolate, at length deciduous.
Fruit of 1 or 2 articles joined by a narrow neck; articles 7.5–10 × 5.6–7 mm, elliptic, with upper edge almost straight and lower edge strongly curved, compressed, margined, glabrous, reticulately venose, later minutely verruculose.
Standard yellow or orange, sometimes lined with purple or red, 12–15 × 5–11 mm, violin-shaped; wings yellow or orange; keel petals green or yellow, not laciniate.
Calyx slightly pubescent, 2-lipped; lips 7–10 × 2.2–5 mm, ovate or oblong, one slightly to deeply emarginate, the other slightly 3-fid.
Stems at first pubescent with viscid tubercular-based hairs, sometimes peeling to leave a roughened surface.
Seeds brown, 5 × 3.5 × 1.5 mm, ellipsoid-reniform, compressed; hilum small, round, eccentric.
Erect branched shrub 1.2–3(?4.5) m tall.
Life form perennial
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Uses animal food
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Distribution

Aeschynomene nyikensis world distribution map, present in Malawi and Tanzania, United Republic of

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:472860-1
WFO ID wfo-0000173751
COL ID 65C92
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Synonyms

Aeschynomene nyikensis