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Bolusia grandis B.-e.van Wyk

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Bolusia

Characteristics

Leaves digitately 3-foliolate; leaflets 25–65(75) × 4–11(20) mm, variable in shape, upper ones usually linear, lower ones narrowly elliptic, both with rounded apices, glabrous above, densely silky hairy beneath; petiole 10–17 mm long, silky hairy; stipules foliaceous, very large, (6)10–15(18) × (3)6–9(11) mm, ovate to broadly ovate-auriculate, acuminate, usually distinctly dentate with 3–5 prominent teeth.
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Inflorescences leaf-opposed or terminal, short, racemose, 1–3-flowered; rhachis (15)20–35 mm long; peduncle 5–15 mm long; bracts 2–4(6) mm long, linear, silky hairy; bracteoles 1–2(3) mm long, linear, silky hairy.
Procumbent, trailing, perennial herb, up to 0.5 m across.
Calyx 8–12 mm long; tube markedly shorter than the lobes.
Pods very large, c. 48 × 10–14 mm, smooth, dehiscent.
Flowers 12–16 mm long, cream coloured.
Seeds brown, c. 4 × 3 mm, smooth.
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:70027680-1
WFO ID wfo-0000568293
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Synonyms

Bolusia grandis
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