Pseudoprosopis euryphylla Harms

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Pseudoprosopis

Characteristics

Scandent shrub or small tree 3–6 m. high.. Young branchlets, petioles and rhachides ± puberulous; older branchlets longitudinally striate.. Leaves: petiole 0.5–2.9 cm. long; rhachis 1.7–7 cm. long; pinnae opposite, 2–4 pairs; leaflets 4–9 pairs, (0.5–)0.7–2.1 cm. long, (0.3–)0.6–1.5 cm. wide, rhombic-ovate or-obovate, rounded or slightly emarginate and mucronate at apex, glabrous or almost so except on midrib beneath.. Racemes 2–6.5 cm. long, on peduncles 0.7–2.8 cm. long; pedicels 1.5–4 mm. long; axes and pedicels densely and shortly pubescent; bracts linear-lanceolate, acute, not enlarged at apex.. Flowers white.. Calyx 0.75–1 mm. long, densely and shortly pubescent.. Petals 2.5–3 mm. long, densely puberulous outside.. Stamen-filaments 4–5.5 mm. long.. Ovary densely hairy.. Pods 7–11 cm. long, 1.3–1.8 cm. wide, attenuate below, blackish when dry, obliquely ± longitudinally striate.. Seeds about 8 mm. long and 5–7 mm. wide.
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Leaves: petiole 0·5-2·9 cm. long; rhachis 1·7-7 cm. long; pinnae opposite, 2-4 pairs; leaflets 4-9 pairs, (0·5)0·7-2·1 x (0·3)0·6-1·5 cm., rhombic-ovate or-obovate, rounded or slightly emarginate and mucronate at the apex.
Scandent shrub or small tree 3-6 m. high; young branchlets, petioles and rhachides ± puberulous; older branchlets longitudinally striate.
Pods 7-11 x 1·3-1·8 cm., attenuate below, blackish when dry, obliquely ± longitudinally striate.
Calyx 0·75-1 mm. long, densely and shortly pubescent.
Petals 2·5-3 mm. long, densely puberulous outside.
Stamen-filaments 4-5·5 mm. long.
Seeds c. 7-8 x 5-7 mm.
Ovary densely hairy.
Flowers white.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support climber
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.0 - 6.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Pseudoprosopis euryphylla world distribution map, present in Mozambique and Tanzania, United Republic of

Conservation status

Pseudoprosopis euryphylla threat status: Near Threatened

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:515936-1
WFO ID wfo-0000169895
COL ID 78GT2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Pseudoprosopis euryphylla subsp. euryphylla Pseudoprosopis euryphylla

Lower taxons

Pseudoprosopis euryphylla subsp. puguensis