Eriosema pumilum
pumilum
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By path from Kopje Tops to Tingwa Raphia Palm Botanical Reserve, Mavhuradonha Wilderness Area
Photo: Bart Wursten
By path from Kopje Tops to Tingwa Raphia Palm Botanical Reserve, Mavhuradonha Wilderness Area
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small, erect or decumbent perennial herb with 1–several usually unbranched stems, 3–15 cm tall, growing from a small round or turnip-shaped tuber up to 2.5 cm long. Stems slender somewhat zigzag, covered with with appressed or spreading white hairs. Leaves 1-foliolate, obovate, obtriangular or obcordate up to 5.2 cm long, hairless to very sparsely hairy on both surfaces and margins, densely glandular-punctate beneath; petiole and petiolule together up to 3 mm long, often bristly pubescent; stipules lanceolate or triangular, 2–3.5 mm long. Flowers 1 or 2 together, axillary, mostly hidden amongst the leaves, yellow. Calyx pubescent and densely glandular, 2–2.5 mm long. Pods ovate- or elliptic-oblong, 6.5–8 mm long, puberulous and with longer brown hairs. |
| Type location: |
Tanzania |
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| Derivation of specific name: | pumilum: dwarf. |
| Habitat: | Brachystegia woodland on decomposed rocky soils, Brachystegia–Monotes woodland with Cryptosepalum, dry bushland and along sandy roadsides. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1100 - 1500 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| FZ divisions: | W,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,Lk,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Thursday 5 October 2017 |
| Literature: |
Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 220. Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Pages 236 - 237. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 48. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Eriosema pumilumAfrican Plant Database: Eriosema pumilum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Eriosema pumilum
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Eriosema pumilum
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