Ormocarpum zambesianum Verdc.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Ormocarpum

Characteristics

Leaves single or in tufts; leaflets 9–13, 5–12 × 3–6 mm, obovate to oblong, rounded at the apex with midrib projecting as short mucro, rounded or minutely subcordate at the base, glabrous on faces or with few hairs on midrib but with short tubercular-based hairs on margins which are entire or slightly crenate, the venation drying blackish-purple beneath and very conspicuous; petiole and rhachis combined 2.5–4 cm long with short tubercular-based hairs but no pubescence; stipules 5–7 mm long, triangular-lanceolate.
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Corolla rose-salmon in colour, glabrous, the petals with dark venation when dry; standard up to 13 × 14 mm, oblate, broadly cuneate to cordate at the base; wings with blade 12 × 8 mm, semicircular; keel with blade 11.5 × 6.5 mm, similar in shape but more narrowed to the apex.
Calyx tube 5 mm long, glabrous; upper lobes c. 3 mm long, oblong-falcate, lateral lobes c. 6 mm long, oblong-triangular, lowest lobe 7–8.5 mm long, all glabrous save apex sometimes ciliate.
Small shrub 1.5–2(4) m tall; branchlets blackish-grey covered with short tubercular-based hairs when young, but later glabrous, lacking white pubescence on young shoots.
Inflorescence 1–2-flowered; peduncle up to 10 mm long; pedicels 7–13 mm long, the bracteoles 2–3 mm long, ciliate, c. 2 mm below calyx base.
Ovary c. 6 mm long, faces appressed-pubescent and margins with tubercular-based hairs.
Fruits not seen.
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1016180-1
WFO ID wfo-0001281011
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Synonyms

Ormocarpum zambesianum