Bolusia resupinata Milne-redh.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Bolusia

Characteristics

Leaves digitately 3-foliolate; leaflets (8)10–15(20) × 3–6(10) mm, narrowly elliptic to obovate, the upper ones often markedly narrower than the lower ones, sparsely silky hairy above and beneath, ± glabrescent above; petiole 6–9(15) mm long; stipules 3–7(10) × 3–6(8) mm, asymmetrically ovate, not dentate or obscurely dentate.
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Inflorescences leaf-opposed or terminal, short, racemose, 1–4-flowered; rhachis 10–20 mm long; peduncle 5–15 mm long; bracts small, 2–4 mm long, linear, silky hairy; bracteoles small, c. 0.5 mm long, linear.
Calyx 5–7 mm long; tube slightly shorter than the lobes.
Seeds brown, c. 3 × 2 mm, smooth to slightly verrucose.
Erect to procumbent perennial herb 0.2–0.4 m high.
Flowers 8–10 mm long, pale yellow flushed purple.
Pods 17–27(35) × 6–11 mm, smooth, dehiscent.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Distribution

Bolusia resupinata world distribution map, present in Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:481950-1
WFO ID wfo-0000206086
COL ID 68NZC
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Synonyms

Bolusia resupinata