Humularia submarginalis Verdc.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Humularia

Characteristics

Leaves 4–6-foliolate; leaflets 9–23 × 3–10 mm, narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate, unequal and apiculate at the apex, very obliquely rounded at the base, margins ciliate-denticulate and also often with some short hairs on the main and secondary nerves; main nerve very distinctly lateral to practically marginal, dividing the blade into two very unequal parts, the narrower being considerably shorter to almost the same length as the wider, usually rather thick in texture; other basal nerves 3–5; venation reticulate beneath; petiole 4–8 mm long; rhachis 3–15 mm long, ending in a distinct bristle, all with similar indumentum to the stem; stipules leaf-like, 7–14 × 5–8 mm, ovate, acute to shortly acuminate at the apex, unequally biauriculate at the base, ciliate-denticulate, mostly with some scattered hairs, ± persistent, densely venose.
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Inflorescences on leafy shoots, densely strobilate, sometimes branched, 1.5–4 cm long; peduncle 5–10 mm long; pedicels 3–4 mm long; bracts turning reddish, 7–13 × 8–22 mm, ovate, divided into two lobes for about one-third of their length; lobes ovate, acuminate, ciliate-denticulate and mostly pubescent; bracteoles 3 × 1 mm, lanceolate, sparsely ciliate.
Fruit of 1 kettle-drum-shaped article, 7.5 × 6 mm, the upper margin straight, the lower margin very rounded.
Calyx lobes glabrous, 8–9 × 2–4 mm, elliptic-oblong, the upper almost entire, the lower shortly 3-fid.
Stems at first scabrid with short tubercular-based hairs which wear off on the older stems.
Standard yellow, 8 × 4 mm, oblong with a slight waist.
Ripe seeds not seen.
Shrub 45–90 cm tall.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.45 - 0.9
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Humularia submarginalis world distribution map, present in Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:498755-1
WFO ID wfo-0000175117
COL ID 6MFN2
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Synonyms

Humularia submarginalis