Fabaceae
Aeschynomene

Aeschynomene afraspera J.Léonard

First published in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 24: 64 (1954)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

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]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/120202614/120202624

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Leguminosae, B. Verdcourt. Flora Zambesiaca 3:6. 2000

Morphology General Habit
Shrub or shrubby herb 1–3 m tall.
Morphology Stem
Stems hollow, thick and with abundant pith at the base, glabrous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves sensitive, (20)36–100-foliolate; leaflets (4)8–22 × (1.2)5–3.5 mm, linear to linear-oblong, rounded or retuse and mucronulate at the apex, obliquely rounded at the base, entire or very finely denticulate, obscurely ciliolate; venation visible, sometimes dark; petiole and rhachis together (1.5)6–19(20) cm long, with sparse, tubercular-based hairs; petiolules c. 0.5 mm long; stipules 6–23 × 1.5–4 mm, lanceolate, straight, spurred, eventually sometimes deciduous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence axillary, (1)2–4(6)-flowered; peduncle 1.3–4 cm long; pedicels 5–10 mm long, with short stiff hairs; bracts 4–8 × 2–3 mm, ovate, ciliate, but otherwise glabrous; bracteoles 3–7 × 1.6–3 mm, ovate or lanceolate, ciliolate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx glabrous or pubescent, 2-lipped; lips (5)6–9 × 3–4.5 mm, oblong, one slightly 2-fid the other 3-fid.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard yellow or greenish, 9–12 × (6)7–10 mm, elliptic, obovate or round; wings and keel yellow, the petals of the latter laciniate along their lower margins and pubescent outside.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit dark, 5–9 cm long excluding the 0.7–1.4 cm long stipe, linear, straight or slightly curved, 6–10-jointed, the margins ± straight or distinctly wavy, thickened and verrucose when adult; articles (7)8–12 × (6)7–8.5 mm, oblong, flat, veined when immature, then finely muricate over the entire surface when quite adult.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds pale to blackish-brown, 6 × 4 × 2 mm, compressed oblong-ellipsoid, beaked beyond the hilum at one end so as to resemble the prow of a canoe.
[FZ]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation, Sudanian freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation
Morphology General Habit
Annual, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
Vernacular
Attuneddi, Laugauni, Maha Diya Siyambala, Pith Plant, Sola, Sola Pith Plant
[ILDIS]

Papilionaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958

Morphology General Habit
An undershrub
Morphology Stem
Soft pithy stems, 3–6 ft. high
Ecology
In swampy places.
[FWTA]

Uses

Use
Environmental
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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 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