Humularia elisabethvilleana (De Wild.) P.A.Duvign.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Humularia

Characteristics

Erect subshrub 1–2 m. tall.. Stems glabrous or with a very few scattered tubercular-based hairs.. Leaves 2-foliolate; leaflets subsessile, regularly or somewhat obliquely obcordate, 1–2.4 cm. long, 0.8–2.1 cm. wide, the main nerve dividing the blade into unequal or subequal parts, the larger part at the most twice as broad as the narrower part, cuneate, glabrous, entire; venation prominent and reticulate on both surfaces; petiole 4–8 mm. long; stipules elliptic or obovate-oblong, 0.7–2.3 cm. long, 0.5–1.6 cm. wide, rounded or obtuse at the apex, unequally auriculate at the base, leafy, entire, glabrous, persistent.. Inflorescences 10–20-flowered; rhachis 2–5 cm. long; peduncle 3–4 mm. long, sparsely pubescent with tubercular-based hairs; pedicels 2 mm. long; bracts 1–1.4 cm. long, 1.1–1.9 cm. wide, green or purplish, split for ± one-third of their length into 2 obtuse or rounded and apiculate entire or sparsely ciliolate-denticulate lobes, glabrous; bracteoles lanceolate, 2–3 mm. long, 0.5–1 mm. wide, entire, glabrous.. Calyx 7 mm. long, glabrous.. Standard orange, panduriform, 8–9 mm. long, 3–4 mm. wide.. Pods of 1 article, 5 mm. long and wide, glabrous.. Seeds not seen.
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Leaves 2-foliolate; leaflets subsessile, 10–31 × 8–25 mm, regularly or somewhat obliquely obcordate, the main nerve dividing the blade into unequal or subequal parts, the larger part at the most twice as broad as the narrower part, cuneate, glabrous, entire; venation prominent and reticulate on both surfaces; petiole 4–8 mm long; stipules 7–23 × 5–16 mm, elliptic or obovate-oblong, rounded or obtuse at the apex, unequally auriculate at the base, leaf-like, entire, glabrous, persistent.
Inflorescences 10–20-flowered; peduncle 3–4 mm long, sparsely pubescent with tubercular-based hairs; rhachis 2–5 cm long; pedicels 2 mm long; bracts green or purplish, 10–14 × 11–19 mm, split for c. one-third of their length into 2 obtuse or rounded and apiculate entire or sparsely ciliolate-denticulate lobes, glabrous; bracteoles 2–3 × 0.5–1 mm, lanceolate, entire, glabrous.
Stems glabrous or with a very few scattered tubercular-based hairs.
Fruit of 1 article, 5 mm long and wide, glabrous.
Standard orange, 8–9 × 3–4 mm, panduriform.
Calyx 7 mm long, glabrous.
Erect subshrub 1–2 m tall.
Seeds not seen.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

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Distribution

Humularia elisabethvilleana world distribution map, present in Angola, Burundi, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:498734-1
WFO ID wfo-0000174853
COL ID 6MFLG
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Synonyms

Humularia elisabethvilleana Geissaspis elisabethvilleana