Rafnia inaequalis G.J.Campb. & B.-e.van Wyk

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Rafnia

Characteristics

Erect shrublet up to 1 m high. Leaves broadly elliptic or obovate-elliptic or oblong or round, penninerved, revolute when young; base cordate; leaves on flowering branches opposite, 22-37 x 14-25 mm; basal leaves (26-)30-50 x 15-36 mm; coppice leaves ovate to round, 23-33 x 19-26 mm. Inflorescences single-flowered. Flowers 12-15 mm long. Pedicel 7-9 mm long. Bract 1-2 mm long. Bracteoles shortly triangular, ± 0.5 mm long. Calyx relatively long; lobes much longer than the tube, 7-10 mm long; upper lobes broadly falcate, much broader than the others; lateral lobes falcate; carinal lobe very narrow, shorter than the others; upper sinus deeper than the others; tube with a wing-like extension between the upper lobes, ± 4 mm long. Standard ovate to broadly ovate or broadly elliptic, 12-14 x 12-14 mm; apex acute; claw ± 3 mm long. Wings oblong, shorter than the keel, 7-9 x 3-4 mm, with 6-7 rows of sculpturing; apex obtuse, base gradually tapering into claw; claw ± 3 mm long. Keel 10-11 x 4-6 mm; claw 3-4 mm long. Stamens usually monadelphous or rarely diadelphous. Pistil long-stipitate; ovary ± oblong; style long, longer than the ovary, strongly upcurved; ovules 1-2. Pods oblong, 16-17 x ± 4 mm, stipitate; stipe 8-9 mm long, often curved; upper and lower margins slightly convex. Seeds narrowly to broadly reniform or oblong, 3-4 x 2-3 mm; testa smooth.
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Erect shrublet to 40 cm. Leaves unifoliolate, opposite on flowering branches, oblong-cordate to orbicular-cordate, young leaves rolled over backwards. Flowers solitary, keel rostrate, calyx lobes much longer than tube, upper lobes broader and falcate, lower lobe very narrow, shorter than the others, with wing-like extension on tube between upper lobes. Pods stipitate, stipe curved, oblong.
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Distribution

Rafnia inaequalis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20002635-1
WFO ID wfo-0001267598
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Synonyms

Rafnia inaequalis