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Entada mossamhicensis Torre

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Entada

Characteristics

Leaves with 3-7 pairs of pinnae; leaflets 40 (usually many more)-138 pairs, 3-5·5 x 0·75 mm., linear-oblong, subacute and mucronate at the apex, asymmetric at the base, glabrous; lateral nerves invisible beneath.
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Suberect shrub, branched from the base, 1-2 m. high; roots fasciculate, thick, fusiform, 20-30 x 4 cm. (fide Torre); young branchlets glabrous.
Racemes axillary, solitary, elongate, 12-20 cm. long; peduncle 1-2 cm. long; racemes produced together with the leaves.
Pods c. 10-12 x 2-2·5 cm., flat, subcoriaceous, falcately curved, with a stipe 1-1·5 cm. long.
Flowers purple, on pedicels 2-2·5 mm. long.
Stamen-filaments c. 5-6 mm. long.
Calyx c. 1 mm. long, glabrous.
Petals 4·5-5 mm. long.
Seeds c. 12 x 10 mm.
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:493855-1
WFO ID wfo-0000668190
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Synonyms

Entada mossamhicensis
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