Eriosema pumilum Verdc.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Eriosema

Characteristics

Erect or decumbent perennial herb with 1–several, usually unbranched, stems 3–15 cm. tall from a small round or turnip-shaped tuber 1–2·5 cm. long and 0·5–2· 2 cm. wide.. Stems leafy, somewhat zigzag, slender, pubescent with adpressed or spreading white hairs.. Leaves 1-foliolate; leaflet elliptic-lanceolate, elliptic-oblong, obovate or even obtriangular or obcordate, 0.7–5· 2 cm. long, 0.2–1.7 cm. wide, acute to emarginate and also mucro-nulate at the apex, cuneate or narrowly rounded at the base, glabrous to very sparsely hairy on both surfaces and margins, densely glandular-punctate beneath; venation raised above; petiole obsolete or scarcely 1 mm. long, often bristly pubescent; petiolule 1-2 mm. long; stipules lanceolate or triangular, 2–3.5 mm. long, 0.5 mm. wide.. Inflorescences axillary, mostly hidden amongst the leaves, 1–2-flowered; peduncle 2–9 mm. long, pubescent; rhachis 1–2 mm. long; pedicels 0.5–2 mm. long; bracts minute.. Calyx pubescent and densely glandular, 2–2.5 mm. long; lobes equal, ovate or narrowly triangular, ± equalling the tube.. Standard yellow, obtriangular or obovate, 5-5.5 mm. long, 2.5-3.8 mm. wide, emarginate, with scattered hairs and numerous greenish-yellow glands; wings deep yellow; keel greenish.. Pods ovate-or elliptic-oblong, 6.5–8 mm. long, 5-5.5 mm. wide, puberulous and with longer brown hairs ± 0.8 mm. long.. Seeds brown or grey-brown with dark speckling, reniform, longest dimension 2.5 mm., shorter dimension 2 mm., 1 mm. thick; rim-aril orange.
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Leaves 1-foliolate; leaflet 0.7–5.2 × 0.2–1.7 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, elliptic-oblong, obovate or even obtriangular or obcordate, acute to emarginate and also mucronulate at the apex, cuneate or narrowly rounded at the base, glabrous to very sparsely hairy on both surfaces and margins, densely glandular-punctate beneath; venation raised above; petiole obsolete or scarcely 1 mm long, often bristly pubescent; petiolule 1–2 mm long; stipules 2–3.5 × 0.5 mm, lanceolate or triangular.
Standard yellow, 5–5.5 × 2.5–3.8 mm, obtriangular or obovate, emarginate, with scattered hairs and numerous greenish-yellow glands; wings deep yellow; keel greenish.
Inflorescences axillary, mostly hidden amongst the leaves, 1–2-flowered; peduncle 2–9 mm long, pubescent; rhachis 1–2 mm long; pedicels 0.5–2 mm long; bracts minute.
Erect or decumbent perennial herb with 1–several usually unbranched stems, 3–15 cm tall from a small round or turnip-shaped tuber 1–2.5 × 0.5–2.2 cm.
Calyx pubescent and densely glandular, 2–2.5 mm long; lobes equal, ovate or narrowly triangular, ± equalling the tube in length.
Pods 6.5–8 × 5–5.5 mm, ovate-or elliptic-oblong, puberulous and with longer brown hairs c. 0.8 mm long.
Seeds brown or grey-brown with dark speckling, 2.5 × 2 × 1 mm, reniform; rim aril orange.
Stems leafy, somewhat zigzag, slender, pubescent with appressed or spreading white hairs.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.03 - 0.15
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Eriosema pumilum world distribution map, present in Malawi, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:494139-1
WFO ID wfo-0000195505
COL ID 6GR6G
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Synonyms

Eriosema pumilum

Lower taxons

Eriosema pumilum var. lanceolatum Eriosema pumilum var. pumilum