Rhynchosia clivorum S.Moore

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation

Not Threatened

Ecology

Africa: Montane wooded grassland

Morphology General Habit

Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub

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

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

Morphology General Habit

Erect branched shrub or shrubby herb 0·9–3 m. tall.

Morphology Stem

Stems leafy, densely pubescent or hirsute.

Morphology Leaves

Leaflets 3, oblong-elliptic or ovate-elliptic, 2·5–11 cm. long, 1–5 cm. wide, acute to acuminate, rounded to truncate at the base, pubescent to villous above, pilose on the venation beneath; venation impressed above, strongly raised beneath so that the leaflet is conspicuously rugose; petiole 0·5–6 cm. long; rhachis 0·1–1·5 cm. long; petiolules 2–3 mm. long; stipules reflexed, oblong, ± 8–15 mm. long, 5–7 mm. wide, pubescent.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Inflorescences terminal; rhachis 2–6(–19) cm. long; peduncle 2(–6) cm. long; pedicels 2–3 mm. long; bracts large, soon deciduous, comose at the apex of the inflorescence, round to ovate, 0·8–2 cm. long, 0·4–1·4 cm. wide, acuminate to cuspidate at the apex, adpressed silvery pubescent.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx silvery to ferruginous, pubescent or pilose and with longer tubercular-based yellowish hairs; tube 3–4 mm. long; lobes lanceolate, 0·7–2·2 cm. long, 2–5 mm. wide, the lowest usually the longest, the upper pair joined for ± half their length.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Standard bright yellow veined with brownish-red, 1·5–2 cm. long, 1·2–1·4 cm. wide, glabrous.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pods oblong, 1·7–2 cm. long, 7–8 mm. wide, acuminate, densely clothed with yellow tubercular-based bristly hairs and also some finer pubescence.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds dark blackish-red, reniform, compressed, longest dimension 4 mm., shorter dimension 3 mm., 1·5 mm. thick.

Distribution

T7

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

Morphology General Habit

Erect branched shrub or subshrubby herb, rarely a small tree, 0.9–3.6(4.5) m tall.

Morphology Stem

Stems leafy, densely pubescent or hirsute.

Morphology Leaves Leaflets

Leaflets 3, 2.5–11(12) × 1–5(7) cm, oblong-elliptic or ovate-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, rounded to truncate at the base, pubescent to villous above, pilose on the venation beneath; venation impressed above, strongly raised beneath so that the leaflet is often conspicuously rugose but this varies greatly; petiole 0.5–6(12) cm long; rhachis 1–15(20) mm long; petiolules 2–3 mm long; stipules reflexed, c. 8–15 × 5–7 mm, oblong, pubescent.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Inflorescences terminal; rhachis 2–6(19) cm long; peduncle 2(6) cm long; pedicels 2–3 mm long; bracts large, soon deciduous, comose at the apex of the inflorescence, 8–20 × 4–14 mm, round to ovate, acuminate to cuspidate at the apex, appressed silvery pubescent.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx silvery to ferruginous, pubescent or pilose and with longer tubercular based yellowish hairs; tube 3–4 mm long; lobes 7–27 × 2–5 mm, lanceolate, the lowest usually the longest, the upper pair joined for ± half their length.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Standard bright yellow veined with brownish-red, 1.5–2 × 1.2–1.4 cm, glabrous.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pods 17–20 × 7–8 mm, oblong, acuminate, densely clothed with yellow tubercular based bristly hairs and also some finer pubescence.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds dark blackish-red, 4 × 3 × 1.5 mm, reniform, compressed.