Macrotyloma decipiens Verdc.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Macrotyloma

Characteristics

Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets 12–25 × 7–18 mm, elliptic, rounded at the apex, apiculate, shortly rounded and trinerved at the base, glabrous on upper surface apart from ciliate margins and midvein, sparsely pubescent beneath; petiole 8–16 mm long; rhachis 3 mm long; petiolules 1–2.5 mm long; stipules 2–3 mm long, narrowly elliptic; stipels 1–3 mm long, narrowly lanceolate.
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Calyx pilose; tube 1 mm long; lobes 1.5 mm long, triangular, apex subulate, the upper pair fused along almost all their length.
Pod 2.4–3.4 cm × 2 mm, linear, with a narrow wing-like ridge either side of the sutures, glabrous, beaked, 3–5-seeded.
Flowers axillary, solitary in the axils; pedicels 1 mm long; bracts and bracteoles 1–1.5 mm long, narrowly lanceolate.
Standard greenish-yellow, 8 × 5 mm, obovate, with appendages 3 mm long; wings 7 × 1 mm; keel 7 × 2 mm.
Prostrate herb up to 50 cm long; rootstock unknown.
Seeds 4 × 2 × 1 mm; hilum minute, white.
Stems slender, sparsely pilose.
Ovary 4 mm long, glabrous.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Distribution

Macrotyloma decipiens world distribution map, present in Mozambique

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:900244-1
WFO ID wfo-0000181902
COL ID 3XCP3
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Synonyms

Macrotyloma decipiens