Eriosema pauciflorum Klotzsch

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Eriosema

Characteristics

Prostrate, ascending or suberect pyrophytic herb, with several to many unbranched or sparsely branched stems 10–45 cm. long from a woody root-stock.. Stems of few to many internodes, with dense covering of short pubescence and longer ferruginous rather bristly hairs.. Leaflets 3, often paler beneath, elliptic to narrowly oblong or obovate, 2·7–9·5 cm. long, 1·1–2·2(–3·3) cm. wide, rounded and mucronulate or rarely subacute at the apex, ± rounded or cuneate at the base, softly pubescent and glandular on both surfaces or sometimes with dense grey felted indumentum beneath; venation usually impressed above and raised beneath; petioles 2·7 mm. long; rhachis 4·5–8 mm. long; petiolules ± 2 mm. long; stipules lanceolate, 6–10 mm. long, 1·5–2·5 mm. wide, hairy, veined.. Racemes axillary, the flowering part 1·5–3 cm. long, 2·3 cm. wide; peduncle (1–)3–16 cm. long, with spreading pubescence; pedicels ± 1·5 mm. long; bracts eventually falling, lanceolate, 5 mm. long, 1 mm. wide, hairy.. Calyx with covering of long and short hairs and glands, 6–8·5 mm. long; lobes lanceolate, acute, ± 1–2 times as long as the tube.. Standard red outside and yellow inside or all yellow, obovate-oblong, 0·95–1·45 cm. long, (4·5–)5–7·5 mm. wide, relatively sparsely hairy in central area only or pubescent all over the outside, glandular; wings yellow; keel cream.. Pods elliptic, 1·5–2 cm. long, 0·9–1·25 cm. wide, covered with long ferruginous hairs, short hairs and glands.. Seeds brown, densely speckled black, oblong, longest dimension 5·5 mm., shorter dimension 4 mm., 2 mm. thick; rim-aril cream.
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Prostrate, ascending or suberect pyrophytic herb or subshrub, with several to many unbranched or sparsely branched stems 10-45(80) cm long from a woody rootstock. Stems of few to many internodes, with dense covering of short pubescence and longer spreading ferruginous rather bristly hairs. Leaflets 3, often paler beneath, 2.7-9.5(10.5) x 1.1-2.2(3.3) cm, elliptic to narrowly oblong or obovate, rounded and mucronulate or rarely subacute at the apex, ± rounded or cuneate at the base, softly pubescent and glandular on both surfaces or sometimes with dense grey felted indumentum beneath; venation usually impressed above and raised beneath; nerves often reddish beneath; petioles 2.7 mm long; rhachis 4.5-8 mm long; petiolules c. 2 mm long; stipules 6-10 x 1.5-2.5 mm, lanceolate, hairy, veined. Racemes axillary, the flowering part 1.5-3 x 2.3 cm; peduncle (1)3-16 cm long, with spreading pubescence; pedicels c. 1.5 mm long; bracts eventually falling, 5 x 1 mm, lanceolate, hairy. Calyx with covering of long and short hairs and glands, 6-8.5 mm long; lobes lanceolate, acute, c. 1-2 times as long as the tube. Standard red outside and yellow inside or all yellow, 0.95-1.45 cm x (4.5) 5-7.5 mm, obovate-oblong, relatively sparsely hairy in central area only or pubescent all over the outside, glandular; wings yellow; keel cream-coloured. Pods 1.5-2 x 0.9-1.25 cm, elliptic, covered with long ferruginous hairs, short hairs and glands. Seeds brown, densely speckled black, 5.5 x 4 x 2 mm, oblong; rim aril cream-coloured.
Leaflets 3, often paler beneath, 2.7–9.5(10.5) × 1.1–2.2(3.3) cm, elliptic to narrowly oblong or obovate, rounded and mucronulate or rarely subacute at the apex, ± rounded or cuneate at the base, softly pubescent and glandular on both surfaces or sometimes with dense grey felted indumentum beneath; venation usually impressed above and raised beneath; nerves often reddish beneath; petioles 2.7 mm long; rhachis 4.5–8 mm long; petiolules c. 2 mm long; stipules 6–10 × 1.5–2.5 mm, lanceolate, hairy, veined.
Standard red outside and yellow inside or all yellow, 0.95–1.45 cm × (4.5)5–7.5 mm, obovate-oblong, relatively sparsely hairy in central area only or pubescent all over the outside, glandular; wings yellow; keel cream-coloured.
Racemes axillary, the flowering part 1.5–3 × 2.3 cm; peduncle (1)3–16 cm long, with spreading pubescence; pedicels c. 1.5 mm long; bracts eventually falling, 5 × 1 mm, lanceolate, hairy.
Prostrate, ascending or suberect pyrophytic herb or subshrub, with several to many unbranched or sparsely branched stems 10–45(80) cm long from a woody rootstock.
Calyx with covering of long and short hairs and glands, 6–8.5 mm long; lobes lanceolate, acute, c. 1–2 times as long as the tube.
Stems of few to many internodes, with dense covering of short pubescence and longer spreading ferruginous rather bristly hairs.
Pods 1.5–2 × 0.9–1.25 cm, elliptic, covered with long ferruginous hairs, short hairs and glands.
Seeds brown, densely speckled black, 5.5 × 4 × 2 mm, oblong; rim aril cream-coloured.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Eriosema pauciflorum world distribution map, present in Angola, Burundi, Botswana, Central African Republic, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, Sudan, Chad, Tanzania, United Republic of, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Eriosema pauciflorum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:494114-1
WFO ID wfo-0000195369
COL ID 3B67Q
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Synonyms

Eriosema andongense Eriosema pauciflorum Eriosema oblongum

Lower taxons

Eriosema pauciflorum var. robustum