Fabaceae
Adenopodia

Adenopodia rotundifolia (Harms) Brenan

First published in Kew Bull. 41: 79 (1986)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Somalia, Tanzania. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; saline and brackish swamp., Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; bushland and thicket.
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub/Tree
[ILDIS]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/34516/2853136

Conservation
EN - endangered
[IUCN]

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]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Shrub or small tree; young branchlets puberulous, glabrescent, armed with scattered or sometimes subopposite hooked prickles up to 4 mm long
Morphology Leaves
Petiole sparsely armed or unarmed; pinnae 1 pair; leaflets 1–2 pairs, broadly elliptic to almost circular, 1.5–6 x 1.3–4.5 cm, practically glabrous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Spikes 1.5–4 cm long; axis puberulous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers white
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx c. 1 mm long, obscurely 5-denticulate, puberulous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods straight, 9–17 x 2–3.5 cm
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds c. 9–10 mm in diam.
Distribution
S3; Tanzania
Ecology
Altitude range c. 30 m.
Vernacular
Ciddi-shabeel (Somali)
[FSOM]

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

Morphology General Habit
Shrub or small tree up to 9 m. high, with scattered hooked prickles on the stems and sometimes also on the petioles and leaf-rhachides.
Morphology Branches
Young branchlets puberulous, quickly becoming glabrous and grey.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves with 1 pair of pinnae; tendrils absent; leaflets 1–2 pairs, obovate-orbicular or suborbicular, mostly 1.5–5 cm. in diameter, broadly rounded at apex, glabrous except for some pubescence near base beneath (sometimes above also).
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Spikes mostly axillary and paired, often aggregated on short lateral shoots, 3–6 cm. long (including peduncle).
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers white, small, sessile.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx pubescent, 1 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals about 2.25 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamen-filaments about 5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods about 9–18 cm. long and 2.5–3.7 cm. wide, flat, subcoriaceous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds (not mature) about 9 × 7 mm.
Habitat
Deciduous bushland; associated with Acacia, Dobera, Salvadora and Balanites, locally common, and a saline soil indicator; 60–800 m.
Distribution
not known elsewhere T3
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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