Fabaceae
Taverniera

Taverniera cuneifolia (Roth) Arn.

First published in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18: 332 (1836)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Somalia, S. Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan to India. It is an annual, perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

M. Thulin. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1–4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Distribution
Persian Gulf area and eastwards to India.
Morphology General Habit
Shrublet, c. 30–75 cm tall; stems glabrous to sparsely pubescent, with internodes much longer than the leaves
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 1-foliolate or occasionally pinnately to subdigitately 2–3-foliolate; leaflets ovate to obovate or suborbicular, up to 5–38 x 4–32 mm, sparsely pubescent, at least beneath; petiole 0.5–25 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes densely (1–)2–10(–20)-flowered; peduncle (1–)5–40 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 3–5 mm long, sparsely pubescent or subglabrous, lobes shorter or longer than the tube
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla 8–15 mm long, pink or pale purple
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod with 1–4 segments, stipitate; segments 4–6(–8) x 3–4(–5) mm, pubescent to subglabrous and with curved or uncinate spines up to 1–2.5 mm long.
[FSOM]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
Vernacular
East-Indian Moneywort
[ILDIS]

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]

Uses

Use
Food and Drink, Forage, Medicine, Miscellaneous
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • 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