Teramnus micans (Welw. ex Baker) Baker f.

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

Morphology General Habit

Robust climber up to 3–7 m long, with markedly angled stems in the Flora Zambesiaca area.

Morphology Leaves Leaflets

Leaflets 4–9 × 1.5–6.0 cm, rhombic, obovate or elliptic, discolorous, glabrescent to finally pubescent above, softly hairy beneath; petiole 4.5–8 cm long; rhachis 0.5–1.2 cm long; petiolules 2–5 mm long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Inflorescence a lax pseudoraceme covered in dense ferruginous hairs; peduncle 2–6 cm long; rhachis 8–16 cm long; pedicels 1–3 mm long; bracts and bracteoles tiny.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx evenly hairy or less hairy on the tube; tube 1–2 mm long; lobes 1–3 mm long, unequal, the upper pair largely joined.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Standard 3–6 × 2–4 mm, obovate, white, orange or blue.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pods 3–5.5 cm × 2–4 mm, linear, covered with long soft white hairs; beak 2–4 mm long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds 2–3 × 1–2 × 1–2 mm, oblong, compressed, smooth, light or dark brown, with 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

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

Morphology General Habit

Perennial climber, usually robust and several m. long.

Morphology Stem

Stems branched and twisted, either angular and densely covered with ferruginous hairs, particularly on the angles, but often with shorter hairs on the faces, or almost terete and glabrescent.

Morphology Leaves

Leaflets paler beneath, obovate, rhomboid or elliptic, 3·3–13·5 cm. long, 1·7–9 cm. wide, rounded, emarginate or acuminate at the apex, acute, rounded or truncate at the base, glabrescent to finely pubescent above, finely to densely silvery or greyish hairy beneath; petioles 5–23 cm. long; rhachis 0·5–1·7 cm. long; petiolules 3–7 mm. long; stipules 3 mm. long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Inflorescences densely ferruginous, 6–24 cm. long above a peduncle 3–10 cm. long; pedicels 1·5–3 mm. long; bracts and bracteoles 1 mm. long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx covered with adpressed ferruginous hairs; tube 1·5–2 mm. long, usually but not always less hairy than the lobes or even glabrescent; lobes ovate-lanceolate, 1·5–2·5 mm. long, the upper pair joined, save at the extreme apex, to form a notched lobe.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Standard orange, vermilion or purplish-blue, obovate, 3·5–6 mm. long, 2–4 mm. wide.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pods linear, 3–4·6 cm. long, 3–4 mm. wide, densely covered with whitish or ferruginous silky hairs; beak 2–4 mm. long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds brown, oblong, compressed, smooth, longest dimension 2·5–3·5 mm., shorter dimension 1·8–2·5 mm., thickness 1·5–2 mm.; rim-aril present.

Distribution

West Africa, Congo, East and Central Africa

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation

Not Threatened

Ecology

Africa: Sudanian bushland and thicket, Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands, Lake Victoria regional mosaic; bushland and thicket, Sudanian grasslands, Zambezian grassland, Zambezian bushland and thicket, Somalia-Masai grasslands, Somalia-Mas

Morphology General Habit

Perennial, Climbing, Herb