Humularia elisabethvilleana (De Wild.) P.A.Duvign.

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

Morphology General Habit

Erect subshrub 1–2 m. tall.

Morphology Stem

Stems glabrous or with a very few scattered tubercular-based hairs.

Morphology Leaves

Leaves 2-foliolate; leaflets subsessile, regularly or somewhat obliquely obcordate, 1–2.4 cm. long, 0.8–2.1 cm. wide, the main nerve dividing the blade into unequal or subequal parts, the larger part at the most twice as broad as the narrower part, cuneate, glabrous, entire; venation prominent and reticulate on both surfaces; petiole 4–8 mm. long; stipules elliptic or obovate-oblong, 0.7–2.3 cm. long, 0.5–1.6 cm. wide, rounded or obtuse at the apex, unequally auriculate at the base, leafy, entire, glabrous, persistent.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Inflorescences 10–20-flowered; rhachis 2–5 cm. long; peduncle 3–4 mm. long, sparsely pubescent with tubercular-based hairs; pedicels 2 mm. long; bracts 1–1.4 cm. long, 1.1–1.9 cm. wide, green or purplish, split for ± one-third of their length into 2 obtuse or rounded and apiculate entire or sparsely ciliolate-denticulate lobes, glabrous; bracteoles lanceolate, 2–3 mm. long, 0.5–1 mm. wide, entire, glabrous.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx 7 mm. long, glabrous.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Standard orange, panduriform, 8–9 mm. long, 3–4 mm. wide.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pods of 1 article, 5 mm. long and wide, glabrous.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds not seen.

Habitat

By a brook; 840–960 m.

Distribution

T4

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation

Not Threatened

Ecology

Africa: Zambezian woodland, Zambezian grassland

Morphology General Habit

Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub

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

Morphology General Habit

Erect subshrub 1–2 m tall.

Morphology Stem

Stems glabrous or with a very few scattered tubercular-based hairs.

Morphology Leaves

Leaves 2-foliolate; leaflets subsessile, 10–31 × 8–25 mm, regularly or somewhat obliquely obcordate, the main nerve dividing the blade into unequal or subequal parts, the larger part at the most twice as broad as the narrower part, cuneate, glabrous, entire; venation prominent and reticulate on both surfaces; petiole 4–8 mm long; stipules 7–23 × 5–16 mm, elliptic or obovate-oblong, rounded or obtuse at the apex, unequally auriculate at the base, leaf-like, entire, glabrous, persistent.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Inflorescences 10–20-flowered; peduncle 3–4 mm long, sparsely pubescent with tubercular-based hairs; rhachis 2–5 cm long; pedicels 2 mm long; bracts green or purplish, 10–14 × 11–19 mm, split for c. one-third of their length into 2 obtuse or rounded and apiculate entire or sparsely ciliolate-denticulate lobes, glabrous; bracteoles 2–3 × 0.5–1 mm, lanceolate, entire, glabrous.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx 7 mm long, glabrous.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Standard orange, 8–9 × 3–4 mm, panduriform.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Fruit of 1 article, 5 mm long and wide, glabrous.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds not seen.