Fabaceae
Adenodolichos

Adenodolichos acutifoliolatus Verdc.

First published in Kew Bull. 25: 65 (1971)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian woodland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
[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: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

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

Morphology General Habit
Erect subshrubby perennial herb ± 0·9 m. tall.
Morphology Stem
Stems somewhat angular, pubescent and glandular.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves alternate; leaflets 3, lanceolate, 6·4–11·3 cm. long, 1·5–3·2 cm. wide, tapering to a very narrow point at the apex, rounded at the base, shortly pubescent on both surfaces; venation raised beneath, closely reticulate; petiole 2·5–3 cm. long; rhachis 2–3 mm. long; petiolules 3–4 mm. long; stipules deciduous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes terminal and axillary; rhachis ± 7 cm. long; peduncle 3 cm. long; pedicels 5–7 mm. long; bracts deciduous, oblong-lanceolate, 4 mm. long; bracteoles deciduous, linear, ± 2·5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx pubescent and glandular; tube 5–7 mm. long; lobes lanceolate, falcate, 7–11 mm. long, the upper pair united for just over half their length.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard mauve with green centre inside, oblate, 2 cm. long, 2·4 cm. wide, emarginate, reflexed at a right-angle; wings mauve, green at the base; keel greenish.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod not known.
Habitat
Mixed Brachystegia woodland; ± 1100 m.
Distribution
T4 known only from the type-gathering
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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/

  • 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 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

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • 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