Teramnus uncinatus (L.) Sw.

Distribution

Biogeografic region: Andean, Caribbean, Orinoquia. Elevation range: 130–1900 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Caldas, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Santander, Valle del Cauca.

Habit

Herb, Climbing.

Ecology

Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution

Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 130 - 1900 m.; Andes, Llanura del Caribe, Orinoquia.

Morphology General Habit

Hierba, trepadora

Conservation

No Evaluada

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

Morphology General Habit

Perennial climber or rarely prostrate herb (0·25−) 1–3 m. long from a deep woody rootstock.

Morphology Stem

Stems tough, mostly branched, often twisted and somewhat angular, usually densely covered with dark ferruginous hairs.

Morphology Leaves

Leaflets paler beneath, elliptic to linear-oblong, 1·8–15·2 cm. long, 0·5–3·5 cm. wide, rounded and mucronulate at the apex, rounded or ± truncate at the base, glabrous to densely hairy above, thinly to densely adpressed greyish or silvery hairy beneath, the nerves often ferruginous; petioles 0·8–7 cm. long; rhachis 0–5 mm. long; petiolules 1–4 mm. long; stipules ovate, 1·5–2 mm. long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Inflorescences usually elongate false racemes but sometimes condensed subsessile clusters, mostly dark brown or ferruginous hairy; rhachis 1·5–32 cm. long; peduncle 0·5–9 cm. long; flowers in 2–5-flowered fascicles on the rhachis; pedicels 1–1·5(−2·5) mm. long; bracts 1 mm. long; bracteoles lanceolate, 1·5–2 mm. long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx with whitish, brown or dark blackish-brown hairs; tube 1·5–2 mm. long; lobes equal, ovate-lanceolate, 2–3 mm. long, the upper pair united for ± half to two-thirds of their length.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Standard greenish, white, mauve or pink, obovate or cuneiform, 3·5–5·5 mm. long, 2–3·5 mm. wide; keel and wings green or white with blue or mauve apex or all white or mauve, ciliate along the upper margins.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pods linear, 2·5–5·3 cm. long, (2−)2·5–3 mm. wide, sometimes slightly constricted between the seeds, densely covered with spreading or adpressed blackish-brown, ferruginous, or mixed whitish and brown hairs; beak ± 2–4 mm. long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds yellow or brown, oblong or oblong-reniform, smooth, longest dimension 2·5–3·5 mm., shorter dimension 1·7–1·9 mm., thickness 1–1·2 mm.; rim-aril present and with a scale-like extension.

Distribution

central and W. Africa, West Indies, tropical South and Central America K3 K6 T1 T3 T4 T7 T8 U1 U2 U3 U4

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation

Not Threatened

Ecology

Africa: Lake Victoria regional mosaic; bushland and thicket, Somalia-Masai grasslands, Zambezian woodland, Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands, Lake Victoria regional transition zone; woodland., Somalia-Masai wooded grasslands., Somalia-Mas

Morphology General Habit

Perennial, Climbing/Not climbing, Herb

Vernacular

Bejuco De Chonchito, Cresta De Gallo Blanca, Cresta De Gallo Blanco, Frijolillo, Frijolillo Peludo, Marokely, Mielito, Mozote

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular

bejuquillo, uña de gato

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

Morphology General Habit

Perennial climber or prostrate herb.

Morphology Stem

Stems angled.

Morphology Leaves Leaflets

Leaflets 2–11 × 0.5–3.8 cm, elliptic to linear-oblong, discolorous, glabrescent to densely hairy above, sparesly to densely hairy beneath; petiole 1.5–7.5 cm long; rhachis 1–5 mm long; petiolules 1–4 mm long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Inflorescences usually lax pseudoracemes, but occasionally subsessile clusters, covered with golden to dark brown hairs; rhachis 1.5–28 cm long; peduncles 0.5–8 cm long; flowers in 2–4(5)-flowered fascicles along the rhachis; pedicels 1–2(3) mm long; bracteoles 1–2 mm long, lanceolate.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx with white, brown or dark brown hairs; tube 1–2 mm long; lobes 2–3 mm long, equal.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Standard 3–6 × 2–4 mm, obovate, white, green, pink or lilac.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pods 3–5.5 cm × 2–4 mm, linear, covered with dense spreading or appressed golden to dark brown, sometimes mixed with white, hairs; beak 2–4 mm long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds light or dark brown or yellow, 2–4 × 1–2 × 1 mm, oblong, smooth, 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