Aeschynomene pfundii Taub.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Aeschynomene

Characteristics

A small shrub 1.2–4.5 m. tall, often with swollen pithy floating stems similar to A. elaphroxylon but without spines.. Stems densely hispid with golden-brown tubercular-based glandular hairs.. Leaves 16–32(–40)-foliolate; leaflets oblong, 1–3.5 cm. long, 0.4–1.2 cm. wide, rounded and mucronulate at the apex, obliquely rounded at the base, ciliate on margins and main nerve beneath, ciliate-serrulate towards the apex, otherwise glabrous; petiole and rhachis together 7–14(–22) cm. long; petiolules 1 mm. long; stipules ovate or elliptic, 8–10 mm. long, 3.2–5 mm. wide, acute, not appendaged, densely ciliate, soon falling.. Inflorescences axillary, 3–7-flowered; rhachis 2–9 cm. long; peduncle 2.5–9 cm. long; pedicels 1–2 cm. long, glandular hairy; bracts ovate, 0.8–1.1 cm. long, 4.5–9 mm. wide, often 2–3-fid, hairy, soon falling; bracteoles lanceolate, 6–8.5 mm. long, 1.5–2.5 mm. wide, soon falling.. Calyx hairy, 2-lipped, the lips oblong, 1.3–1.8 cm. long, 0.6–1.2 cm. wide, one emarginate, the other 3-lobed.. Standard orange-yellow, rounded, 2–4 cm. long, 2.5–3 cm. wide, ciliolate at the apex; wings orange-yellow; keel paler orange-yellow, the petals laciniate.. Pods oblong-elliptic, sessile, straight, 3–5 cm. long, beaked, 6–7-jointed, the suture straight or smoothly curved, not constricted between the articles; articles irregularly oblong, 0.3–1.2 cm. long, 1.1–1.7(–1.9) cm. wide, compressed, hispid with yellow tubercular-based hairs, venulose.. Seeds dark brown or black, truly reniform with strongly curved outer edge and marked sinus containing the curved elliptic hilum, longest dimension 6–7 mm., shorter dimension 4.5–5 mm., 2.8 mm. thick.. Fig. 54/7, p. 366.
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Leaves 16–32(40)-foliolate; leaflets 1–3.5 × 0.4–1.2 cm, oblong, rounded and mucronulate at the apex, obliquely rounded at the base, ciliate on margins and main nerve beneath, ciliate-serrulate towards the apex, otherwise glabrous; petiole and rhachis together 7–14(22) cm long; petiolules 1 mm long; stipules 8–10 × 3.2–5 mm, ovate or elliptic, acute, not appendaged, densely ciliate, soon falling.
Fruit 5 cm long, oblong-elliptic, sessile, straight, beaked, 6–7-jointed, the suture straight or smoothly curved, not constricted between the articles; articles 3–12 × 11–17(19) mm, irregularly oblong, compressed, hispid with yellow tubercular-based hairs, venulose.
Inflorescences axillary, 3–7-flowered; peduncle 2.5–9 cm long; rhachis 2–9 cm long; pedicels 1–2 cm long, glandular hairy; bracts often 2–3-fid, 8–11 × 4.5–9 mm, ovate, hairy, soon falling; bracteoles 6–8.5 × 1.5–2.5 mm, lanceolate, soon falling.
Seeds dark brown or black, 6–7 × 4.5–5 × 2.8 mm, truly reniform with strongly curved outer edge and marked sinus containing the curved elliptic hilum.
Standard orange-yellow, 2–4 × 2.5–3 cm, rounded, ciliolate at the apex; wings orange-yellow; keel paler orange-yellow, the petals laciniate.
A small shrub 1.2–4.5 m tall, often with swollen pithy floating stems similar to A. elaphroxylon but without spines.
Calyx hairy, 2-lipped; lips 13–18 × 6–12 mm, oblong, one emarginate, the other 3-lobed.
Stems densely hispid with golden-brown tubercular-based glandular hairs.
Flowers large, yellow.
A shrub
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.2 - 4.5
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Forming thickets over permanent water
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food material
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Aeschynomene pfundii world distribution map, present in Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Zambia

Conservation status

Aeschynomene pfundii threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:472885-1
WFO ID wfo-0000173793
COL ID 65BW9
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Synonyms

Aeschynomene pfundii Aeschynomene ptundii