Fabaceae
Clitoria

Clitoria kaessneri Harms

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 440 (1913)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. DR Congo to Angola. It is a climbing perennial 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]

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

Morphology General Habit
Pxerennial herb, with numerous erect to trailing stems up to 1 m long; rootstock woody.
Morphology Stem
Stems slightly flexuous, somewhat angled, pubescent on younger parts.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 1–3-foliolate (mostly 1-foliolate) and varying on the same plant; leaflets chartaceous to subcoriaceous, 4–8.5 × (1)2–5 cm, oblong, elliptic or ovate, glabrous apart from hairs on the raised nerves beneath; petiole 3–4 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers (1)2–4 per axil, on a peduncle 3–15 mm long; pedicels 5–8 mm long; bracteoles 7–10(15) × 3–5 mm, ovate, pilose.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 12–20 mm long, pilose; lobes lanceolate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard pale mauve, blue or cream-coloured with blue striations, 3.5–4.5 × 2–3(3.5) cm, moderately pubescent outside.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod 3–5-seeded, oblong-clavate, compressed, pubescent, particularly along the raised sutures, glabrescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds black, 7 × 6 × 2 mm (only one collection seen).
[FZ]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19892860/20043275

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian woodland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
Vernacular
Muliatchioca
[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

  • 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