Fabaceae
Rhynchosia

Rhynchosia oblatifoliolata Verdc.

First published in Kew Bull. 25: 97 (1971)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to Kenya, Yemen. It grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Climbing/Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

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

Morphology General Habit
Perennial prostrate or climbing herb 0·5–0·8 m. long.
Morphology Stem
Stems densely pubescent with short grey hairs.
Morphology Leaves
Leaflets 3, the terminal one oblate, the laterals obliquely ovate-rhomboid, 0·8–2·1 cm. long, 0·8–2·4 cm. wide, broadly rounded or almost truncate at the apex, rounded at the base, densely pilose on both sides with short white hairs, obscurely glandular-punctate beneath; petiole 0·5–2 cm. long; rhachis 1·5–6 mm. long; petiolules 1 mm. long; stipules ovate, 3·5–4·5 mm. long, 2–2·5 mm. wide, densely pilose.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences slender; rhachis 1–1·5 cm. long, 3–5-flowered; peduncle 1–4·5 cm. long; pedicels 2 mm. long; bracts deciduous, 3 mm. long, 1·3 mm. wide, densely pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx densely pubescent; tube 2·5 mm. long; lobes oblong-lanceolate or narrowly triangular, 2·5–3·5 mm. long, the upper pair joined for two-thirds of their length.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla probably very pale without purple veining, but colour not known; standard rounded-obovate, 9·5 mm. long, 7·5 mm. wide, slightly emarginate, densely pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod falcate, 2·2 cm. long, 7 mm. wide, covered with short hairs, longer hairs nearly 1 mm. long and glands.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds chestnut with black spots, oblong-globose, longest dimension 3·2 mm., shorter dimension 2·5 mm., 2 mm. thick; hilum rounded, minute, excentric.
Habitat
Rocky slopes; 1800 m.
Distribution
K3
[FTEA]

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
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East 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/

  • 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