WorldFloraDB - Rhynchosia stipata

Characteristics

Leaflets 3, 2–3 × 2–3.5 cm, broadly ovate to almost round, obtuse but mucronulate at the apex, rounded to slightly cordate at the base, pubescent, venation reticulate beneath; petiole 1–3 cm long with similar indumentum to stem; rhachis 5–15 mm long; stipules 2–4 × 1 mm, narrowly triangular, hairy outside, nervose.

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Inflorescences axillary with flowers congested at the apex; peduncles 2–3(4) cm long; pedicels 1–2 mm long; bracts 5–6 × 2 mm, ovate-lanceolate, cuspidate-acuminate.

Calyx densely ferruginous-pilose; tube 3 mm long; lobes 4–6 mm long, narrowly triangular-subulate, the lowest the longest.

Standard yellow with dark red or purple striations, 10–13 × 6–8 cm, obovate, glabrous.

Climber; stems slender, densely covered with pale spreading ferruginous hairs.

Young fruits densely silky hairy but adult pods and seeds not seen.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
Growth support	climber
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
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Distribution

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Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:517535-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000187427
COL ID	4SSRS
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Synonyms

Rhynchosia stipata

WorldFloraDB 2024

Rhynchosia stipata Meikle

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Rhynchosia