Teramnus labialis (L.f.) Spreng.

Papilionaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958

Morphology General Habit

A slender-stemmed twiner

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Small reddish flowers.

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation

Not Threatened

Ecology

Africa: Somalia-Masai woodland, Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands, Lake Victoria regional mosaic; bushland and thicket, Lake Victoria regional transition zone; woodland., Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket, Sudanian grasslands, Sudanian b

Morphology General Habit

Perennial, Climbing/Not climbing, Herb/Shrub

Vernacular

Mashani, Mashoni, Mashparui, Pistache Marronne, Teloravina, Vahilandy, Wal-Kollu

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

Morphology General Habit

An exceedingly variable perennial climber or trailer or prostrate herb, 0·3–3 m. long; rootstock sometimes woody.

Morphology Stem

Stems slender, covered with adpressed to spreading white to ferruginous hairs or glabrescent, occasionally rooting at the nodes.

Morphology Leaves

Leaflets round, elliptic, ovate, obovate or even narrowly oblong or lanceolate, 1–8 cm. long, 0·5–4 cm. wide, emarginate to acuminate at the apex, mostly rounded at the base, glabrous to densely adpressed pilose above, glabrous to densely ± adpressed pilose with white or ferruginous hairs beneath; petiole 0·9–4 cm. long; rhachis 1–7 mm. long; petiolules 2 mm. long; stipules narrowly lanceolate, 2–3 mm. long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Inflorescences slender and usually few-flowered; rhachis 0·3–10 cm. long; peduncles 0·8–3 cm. long; pedicels mostly rather slender, 1·3–4 mm. long; bracteoles linear, ± 1·5 mm. long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx-tube glabrescent or hairy, ribbed, 1–3 mm. long; lobes lanceolate, 0·8–3 mm. long, acute, usually densely hairy.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Standard white, pink or purplish, also described as yellowish or orange (drying colours), obovate, 5 mm. long, 3·5 mm. wide; wings pale mauve; keel white.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pods linear, 2·5–6 cm. long, 2–4 mm. wide, glabrescent to densely covered with adpressed or spreading hairs, mostly rather sparse and not covering the surface but rarely dense; beak 2–3 mm. long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds yellow-brown to dark purplish-brown, oblong or almost cylindrical, smooth or covered with a granular incrustation, longest dimension 2–3 mm., shorter dimension 1·2–2 mm., thickness 1·2–1·5 mm.; hilum minute; rim-aril slightly developed, white, with a small scale-like extension.

Distribution

K1 K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 P T2 T3 T4 T6 T7 T8 U1 tropical and South Africa

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

Morphology Stem

Stems climbing or trailing, appressed to spreading pubescent or glabrescent

Morphology Leaves Leaflets

Leaflets round to elliptic, ovate or lanceolate, 1–8 x 0.5–4 cm, glabrous to appressed pilose at least beneath

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Inflorescences slender and rather few-flowered

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Corolla white, pink or purplish, 5 mm long

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pod 25–60 x 2–4 mm, pubescent.

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

Morphology General Habit

A very variable perennial climber or prostrate herb.

Morphology Leaves Leaflets

Leaflets 1–7 × 0.5–3.5 cm, lanceolate, elliptic, ovate or obovate, glabrous to densely hairy on both surfaces; petiole 0.9–4.5 cm long; rhachis 1–5 mm long; petiolules 1–3 mm long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Inflorescences few-flowered; rhachis 0.3–8 cm long; peduncle 0.5–2.5 cm long; pedicels 1–3 mm long; bracteoles 1–2 mm long, linear.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx tube 1–3 mm long, glabrescent or hairy; lobes 1–3 mm long, usually densely hairy, upper ones fused along two-thirds of their length.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Standard 4–5 × 3–4 mm, obovate, white, pink or lilac or purplish; wings lilac; keel white.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pods 2.5–5.5 cm × 2–4 mm, linear, glabrescent to covered with dense appressed or rarely spreading hairs; beak 2–3 mm long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds sand-coloured to dark brown, 2–3 × 1–2 × 1 mm, oblong, smooth or granular, with a small rim aril.

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