Fabaceae
Eriosema

Eriosema laurentii De Wild.

First published in Miss. Ém. Laurent: 120 (1905)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Tanzania and N. Angola. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; grasslands., Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; bushland and thicket., Lake Victoria regional mosaic; bushland and thicket, Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit
Very similar indeed to the previous species (Eriosema glomeratum) but indumentum of dense adpressed mostly ferruginous hairs.
Morphology Leaves
Leaflets oblong to lanceolate, (3–)3·5–12 cm. long, (0·3–)0·8–2·5 cm. wide, acute; petiole 2–6 mm. long; rhachis 1–4 mm. long; petiolules 2–4 mm. long; stipules 2–3 mm. wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Peduncles 0·6–1·7(–4) cm. long; bracts ovate, 1·3 mm. wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla greenish-white to pale yellow; standard oblong, 0·6–1 cm. long, 3 mm. wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 1·2 cm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds with longest dimension 3·5 mm., shorter dimension 2·1 mm.
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images