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

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Humularia

Characteristics

Leaves 6–14(18)-foliolate; leaflets 7–18 × 5–9 mm, obliquely elliptic, obtuse to truncate at the apex, obliquely cuneate at the base, glabrous to hairy on upper surface, hairy beneath, the hairs appressed and tubercular-based, the margins ciliate with longer but similar hairs, the main nerve oblique, with 4–5 other main basal nerves; venation reticulate; petiole 5–12 mm long; rhachis 1–6 cm long, both with similar indumentum to the stems, the rhachis prolonged beyond the terminal leaflets as a bristle 1.5 mm long; stipules 5–10 × 4–7 mm, ovate, obtuse at the apex, rounded or subcordate at the base, hairy outside and glabrous inside, long ciliate, eventually deciduous.
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Inflorescences mostly on branches with reduced leaves, 10–15 mm long, densely to loosely strobilate, hairy; peduncle 5 mm long, hairy; pedicels 1.5 mm long; bracts 5–7.5 × 8–14 mm, rounded, divided for about one-third to half of their length into ovate lobes, pubescent on one or both sides with tubercular-based glandular hairs, ciliate-denticulate with similar hairs; bracteoles (2)4–6 × 0.5–1.5 mm, lanceolate, ciliate.
Calyx lobes 8–9 mm long, the upper broadly lanceolate, shortly but distinctly 3-fid, the lower oblong-elliptic, ± entire.
Fruit of 1 article, 5 mm long and wide, glandular and densely hairy.
Standard orange, 10–12 × 4.5–8 mm, oblong with a very slight waist.
Stems erect, densely covered with glandular hairs.
Subshrub 0.8–0.9 m tall.
Life form perennial
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.8 - 0.9
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

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Distribution

Humularia kassneri world distribution map, present in Angola, Burundi, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:498737-1
WFO ID wfo-0000174890
COL ID 6MFLC
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Synonyms

Humularia kassneri Geissaspis kassneri

Lower taxons

Humularia kassneri var. vanderystii Humularia kassneri var. kibaraensis Humularia kassneri var. perpilosa Humularia kassneri var. kassneri