Rhynchosia reptabunda N.E.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Rhynchosia

Characteristics

Stem herbaceous, creeping, pubescent or pilose. Stipules rather large, 7-11 mm long. Leaves trifoliolate, petiolate; leaflets ovate or broadly ovate, 3-4 x 5 cm long, 25-4 cm broad, on both sides pubescent; common petiole 3-6 cm long, puberulous and laxly pilose. Peduncle longer than the leaves, 5-17.5 cm long, towards the apex laxly 2-6-flowered. Bracts lanceolate, 4-5 mm long. Pedicels ± 3 mm long. Calyx pubescent; tube 3 mm long, upper teeth 3-4 mm long, lowest lanceolate-subulate, 17 mm long. Corolla glabrous, yellow; standard 8-5 mm long, broadly oblong; keel about the same length as the standard, obtuse. Ovary densely tomentose.
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Perennial herb, climbing up to 300 mm high. Stems procumbent or climbing; pubescent. Leaves trifoliolate; terminal leaflets ovate or broadly ovate, 30-45 x 25-40 mm, cordate at base, apex acute, pubescent on all veins on lower surface; petioles longer than or nearly as long as leaflets; stipules ovate to narrowly ovate, up to 10 mm long, striate. Flowers: inflorescence terminal, laxly 2-6-flowered; peduncle 50-175 mm long; pedicellate; corolla yellow; Oct.-Feb.
Prostrate perennial herb; stems long trailing from a tuberous rhizome, pilose hairs interspersed with orange glands. Leaves pinnately trifoliolate. Leaflets ovate to widely ovate, pilose especially on main veins, with scattered orange glands. Stipules paired, conspicuous, falcate-oblong, subobtuse. Inflorescence a lax, 2-6-flowered raceme. Flowers small, yellow. Flowering time Sept.-Mar., with a peak in Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Distribution

Rhynchosia reptabunda world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:517478-1
WFO ID wfo-0000187271
COL ID 4SSQC
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Synonyms

Rhynchosia reptabunda Rhynchosia jacottetii