WorldFloraDB - Mundulea sericea

Characteristics

Small tree or shrub 2–7 m. tall; bark corky, smooth or fissured, often yellowish; young stems velvety.. Stipules triangular, velvety, ± 1 mm. long; leaf-rhachis velvety, up to 10 cm. long, including a petiole of 1–2 cm.; petiolules velvety; leaflets opposite or nearly so, rather leathery, in ± 6 pairs, ovate-oblong, elliptic or lanceolate, up to 4 cm. long and 1.4 cm. wide, rounded at the apex, with minute appressed hairs on both sides or glabre-scent above.. Flowers in pairs at each node of dense terminal velvety pseudoracemes; bracts triangular, persistent, ± 0.5 mm. long; pedicels ± 1–1.5 cm. long.. Calyx-tube ± 3 mm. long; lobes deltoid-acuminate, the 3 lower ± 3 mm. long, the 2 upper united almost to the tip.. Blade of standard ± 18 mm. long and 15 mm. wide; claw curved, inrolled, ± 3 mm. long; wings 17 mm. long including a claw of 2 mm., the auricle as long as the claw; keel 18 mm. long including a claw of 4 mm.. United part of filaments 15 mm., free parts 3 mm., anthers 0.5 mm. long.. Ovary velvety, ± 8-ovulate; style gently curved; stigma ± 0.4 mm. in diameter.. Pod ± horizontal, tapering at the base, pointed, up to 8 cm. long by 8 mm. wide, often constricted between the seeds, yellowish-brown, velvety, indehiscent or almost so, 4–9-seeded.. Seeds kidney-shaped, dark green, ± 4 mm. long by 3 mm. wide.. Fig. 28.

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Leaves grey or silvery, (5)9–21(29)-foliolate; petiole 1–2 cm long, silky-velvet; rachis 5–8 cm long; leaflets subcoriaceous, ± opposite, 1–6.5(9) × 0.4–3.3 cm, ovate, ovate-elliptic or elliptic to lanceolate, narrowly rounded at the apex, rounded at the base, minutely appressed hairy on both surfaces or glabrescent on upper surface, with 8–10 pairs of lateral nerves; stipules 1–3 mm long, triangular-lanceolate, velvety; petiolules 2 mm long.

Shrub or small tree, up to 5 m high; bark corky, deeply fissured. Leaves pinnate with 6-8 pairs of leaflets, 50-75 mm long; leaflets narrowly ovate, 12-18 x 3-4 mm, apex obtuse, densely silvery pubescent on both surfaces. Flowers in short racemes; calyx densely pubescent; corolla purplish blue; Sep.-Jan.

Standard (1)1.8–2.2 × (1)1.5-1.6 cm, elliptic, emarginate, claw curved, c.3 mm long, inrolled; wing blades 15 × 5 mm, narrowly elliptic, the auricle and claw 2 mm long; blades of keel petals 14 × 5 mm, elliptic-oblanceolate, the auricle 1 mm long and claw 4 mm long.

A shrub or small tree. It grows 2-7 m tall. The flowers are purple. The pod is 8 cm long and 8 mm wide. There are 4-9 seeds. It is constricted between the seeds. The seeds are dark green and kidney shaped.

Flowers lilac, purple, mauve or pink, in pairs at each node of dense terminal velvety pseudoracemes 5–14 cm long; bracts c.0.5 mm long, triangular, persistent; pedicels 0.8–1.8 cm long.

Pod yellow-brown, (4)7–9(12.5) × 0.7–1.1 cm, linear, often constricted between the seeds, velvety, (1)4–10-seeded, indehiscent or eventually dehiscent after a long period.

Young stems velvety silky; bark yellow-brown or pale grey, or striate with ridges grey and fissures white, corky, smooth or fissured.

Calyx tube c.3 mm long, the 3 lower teeth c.3 mm, triangular, the upper pair of teeth almost completely united.

Stamen sheath (1)1.5 cm long, the free parts 3 mm long; upper filament free; anthers 0.5 mm long.

Small tree or many-stemmed deciduous shrub 0.5–7.5(12) m tall.

Ovary linear, c.8-ovuled, velvety; style gently curved.

Seeds dark green, 4(5) × 3 mm, reniform.

A shrub or small bushy tree

Lilac or purplish flowers.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	tree
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
Pollination	entomogamy
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Mature height (meter)	3.5 - 6.5
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Nitrogen fixer	rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway	c3

Environment

Open places in lowland evergreen forest and bushland; rocky hills in deciduous woodland. deciduous bushland and thicket; locally common but absent from large areas; at elevations from sea level to 1,950 metres.

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It is a subtropical plant.

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Usage

Uses	animal food cover plant dye environmental use experimental purposes food manure material medicinal non-vertebrate poison poison religious social use wood
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Therapeutic use	Anti-bacterial agents (bark), Asthma (flower), Dizziness (flower), Antifungal agents (leaf), Asthma (leaf), Dizziness (leaf), Vitiligo (leaf), Abdominal pain (root), Anti-infective agents, local (root), General tonic for rejuvenation (root), Fishes, poisonous (seed), Insecticide (unspecified), Piscicide (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Tuberculosis (unspecified), Repellant(Crocodile) (unspecified), Bactericide (unspecified), Antiviral agents (unspecified), Cardiovascular agents (unspecified), Central nervous system diseases (unspecified), Hypothermia (unspecified), Insecticides (unspecified), Parasympatholytics (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.

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