Eriosema ukingense Harms

Species

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Characteristics

Erect pyrophytic herb, with several usually unbranched or sparsely branched stems (7–) 15–35 cm. tall from a woody rootstock.. Stems of few to many internodes, often very leafy, covered with long and short hairs.. Leaflets 3, paler beneath, often silvery, narrowly elliptic to linear-lanceolate, 1·6–11·5 cm. long, 0·3–1·7 cm. wide, acute to rounded but mucronulate at the apex, cuneate or shortly rounded at the base, pubescent above and on the main nerves and midrib beneath, but rest of leaflet-surface beneath glabres-cent but glandular with the small veins appearing dark, main venation deeply impressed above, prominent beneath, the leaflet-surface appearing rugose, the 4 basal nerves extending to halfway along the blade or almost to the apex; petioles 2–6 mm. long; rhachis 2–11 mm. long; petiolules 1·5 mm. long; stipules oblong-lanceolate to linear, 0·8–2 cm. long, 2 mm. wide, pubescent, veined.. Racemes axillary, the flowering part 2–5 cm. long, 1·7–2·3 cm. wide; peduncle 4–11 cm. long, covered with long and short hairs; pedicels 1–2 mm. long, strongly deflexed; bracts subpersistent, lanceolate, 4–8 mm. long, ± 1 mm. wide, pubescent.. Calyx covered with ± adpressed ferruginous or blackish bristly pubescence, 3·5–7 mm. long; teeth triangular, equalling or shorter than the tube.. Standard brownish, pinkish or yellow with brown veins outside, yellow or cream inside, obovate-oblong, 6·5–11 mm. long, 4–8 mm. wide, often emarginate, with adpressed often ferruginous bristly pubescence in middle area outside particularly towards the claw; wings and keel yellow or cream, often with a dark apex.. Pods oblong, 11 mm. long, 6–8 mm. wide, covered with long hairs, short hairs and glands.. Seeds not seen.
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Leaflets 3, paler beneath, often silvery, 1.6–11.5 × 0.3–1.7 cm, narrowly elliptic to linear-lanceolate, acute to rounded but mucronulate at the apex, cuneate or shortly rounded at the base, pubescent above and on the main nerves and midrib beneath, but rest of leaflet surface beneath glabrescent but glandular with the small veins appearing dark, main venation deeply impressed above, prominent beneath, the leaflet surface appearing rugose, the 4 basal nerves extending to halfway along the blade or almost to the apex; petioles 2–6 mm long; rhachis 2–11 mm long; petiolules 1.5 mm long; stipules 0.8–2 cm × 2 mm, oblong-lanceolate to linear, pubescent, veined.
Standard brownish, pinkish or yellow with brown veins outside, yellow or cream-coloured inside, 6.5–11 × 4–8 mm, obovate-oblong, often emarginate, with appressed often ferruginous bristly pubescence in middle area outside particularly towards the claw; wings and keel yellow or cream, often with a dark apex.
Racemes axillary, the flowering part 2–5 × 1.7–2.3 cm; peduncle 4–11 cm long, covered with long and short hairs; pedicels 1–2 mm long, strongly deflexed; bracts subpersistent, 4–8 × c. 1 mm, lanceolate, pubescent.
Calyx covered with ± appressed ferruginous or blackish bristly pubescence, 3.5–7 mm long; teeth triangular, equalling or shorter than the tube.
Erect pyrophytic herb, with several usually unbranched or sparsely branched stems (7)15–50(100) cm tall from a woody rootstock.
Stems of few to many internodes, often very leafy, covered with long and short hairs.
Pods 11 × 6–8 mm, oblong, covered with long hairs, short hairs and glands.
An erect herb. It grows 15-35 cm tall.
Seeds not seen.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.35
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Seasonally burnt grassland; dry grassland; Protea grassland with bracken, etc.; at elevations from 2,100-2,600 metres.
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It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Edible roots tubers
Therapeutic use -
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode seedlings
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Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:494195-1
WFO ID wfo-0000195532
COL ID 3B69Y
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Eriosema stolzii Eriosema ukingense