Eriosema glomeratum (Guill. & Perr.) Hook.F.

Branched erect or low growing subshrubby herb, (0·2–)0·3–1·2(–2·4) m. tall.. Branches leafy, covered with long spreading and also some shorter hairs.. Leaflets (1–)3, oblong, elliptic or rarely obovate, 2·1–6·7 cm. long, 0·8–2·5(–3·1) cm. wide, rounded to a minutely apiculate apex or ± acute, rounded or cuneate at the base, pubescent to softly velvety pilose on both surfaces or almost glabrous, glands inconspicuous; nerves raised beneath, frequently some not reaching the margin; petiole 2–4 mm. long; rhachis 1·5–2·5 mm. long; petiolules 1·5–2·5 mm. long; stipules lanceolate, 0·7–1·3 cm. long, 1·2 mm. wide, hairy, closely veined.. Racemes axillary, short and dense, 10–30(–40)-flowered, oblong or subglobose; rhachis usually 1–2 cm. long; peduncle 0·2–2 cm. long; pedicels ± 3 mm. long; bracts deciduous, lanceolate, 3 mm. long, 0·5 mm. wide.. Calyx with long spreading hairs, 5–6(–10) mm. long; lobes linear, usually 2–3 times as long as the tube.. Corolla yellow, yellowish-white or rarely pale mauve (fide Tanner 2573); standard obovate, 6–8·5 mm. long, 2·5–4 mm. wide, minutely puberulous but not glandular.. Pods oval, 1–1·1 cm. long, 6–7 mm. wide, covered with long and short hairs and glands.. Seeds dark reddish to black or brown, sometimes speckled purple, longest dimension 3·5–4 mm., shorter dimension 2·1–3 mm., 1–1·5 mm. thick; rim-aril cream.

A tropical plant. It grows in savannah woodland and wet grass savannah. It grows in seasonally flooded clearings.