Fabaceae
Adenodolichos

Adenodolichos baumii Harms

First published in O.Warburg (ed.), Kunene-Sambesi Exped.: 267 (1903)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. DR Congo to Angola. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Leguminosae, B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt. Flora Zambesiaca 3:5. 2001

Morphology General Habit
Multi-stemmed shrub 1–2 m tall with angular finely pubescent to glabrescent stems.
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 3, 3–10 × 2–6 cm, oblong to elliptic-oblong or slightly ovate, the laterals only slightly asymmetric, rounded to slightly emarginate at the apex, rounded at the base, slightly discolorous, minutely appressed puberulous above, paler and more densely grey pubescent beneath; petiole 3–6 cm long; rhachis 1.2–2.5 cm long; petiolules 4–9 mm long; stipules 2–3 mm long, triangular, soon falling; stipels small, linear, deciduous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences terminal and axillary, much shorter than the subtending leaves, 5–7 cm long, often branched, 2–7 cm long; greyish or fulvous silky pubescent; peduncles less than 1 cm long; pedicels 4–7 mm long; bracts 5–8 × 2–6 mm, obovate, glabrous inside, mostly soon falling; bracteoles 5–6 × 2 mm, linear-lanceolate, deciduous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx tube 3.5–5 mm long; lobes 5–7 × 2.5 mm, lanceolate, the lowest the longest, the upper pair joined for half to two-thirds their length.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard crimson turning to deep mauve, almost black or carmine-red (fide Wilczek), sometimes white, 13–15 × 13–16 mm, rounded obovate, auriculate and with 2 calli.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods up to 8 × 1.8 cm, falcate-oblanceolate, pubescent and with scattered glands and glandular hairs.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds not seen.
[FZ]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian woodland
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]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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