Eriosema simplicifolium (Dc.) G.Don

Species

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Characteristics

Herbs procumbent to decumbent; stems terete, villous to pilous. Leaves un-ifoliolate, the leaflets ovate, 6.0-7.5 cm long, 1.5-3.0 cm wide, apically obtuse, basally cuneate, the margins entire, sericeous on both the surfaces, occasionally strigose below; petioles 0.2-0.5 cm long, heavily strigose; stipules lanceolate, 0.4-1.0 cm long, 0.1-0.3 cm wide. Inflorescence few flowered with 2-4 flowers, 3.0 cm long; peduncle 1.5-1.8 cm long; pedicel 0.4-0.5 cm long; bracts lanceolate, caducous, 0.4-0.8 cm long, 0.2-0.3 cm wide. Flowers with the calyx 0.5-0.6 mm long, the tube 2.0 mm long, strigose; corolla yellow, 0.9-1.0 cm long, the standard obovate, 1.1-1.3 cm long, 0.5-0.6 cm wide, auriculate at the base, the wings oblong, 1.1-1.2 cm long, 0.4-0.5 cm wide, the keel falcate, 1.2-1.3 cm long, 0.4-0.5 cm wide; stamens 1.0-1.2 cm long. Fruit ovate, 1.5 cm long, 0.7 cm wide, brown strigose; seeds ovate, 4.0 mm long, black.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Eriosema simplicifolium world distribution map, present in American Samoa, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:494171-1
WFO ID wfo-0000174133
COL ID 3B698
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 767178
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Synonyms

Eriosema simplicifolium Eriosema lanceolatum Eriosema lancifolium Glycine monophylla Glycine simplicifolia Eriosema simplicifolium var. micranthum Rhynchosia tomentosa var. monophylla Glycine tomentosa var. monophylla Eriosema simplicifolium var. simplicifolium Neurocarpum barbatum Rhynchosia simplicifolia