Fabaceae
Tylosema

Tylosema fassoglense (Kotschy ex Schweinf.) Torre & Hillc.

First published in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 29: 38 (1955)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nigeria, Ethiopia to S. Africa. It is a climbing tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

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]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Sudanian wooded grassland, Somalia-Masai wooded grasslands., Zambezian woodland, Zambezian wooded grassland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Climbing/Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
[ILDIS]

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

Morphology General Habit
Stems prostrate and trailing, or climbing up to 6 m. or more, herbaceous, or woody below.
Morphology Branches
Young parts ± rusty-tomentose or rusty-pubescent; indumentum becoming greyish, or ± disappearing.
Morphology General Tendrils
Tendrils present, forked.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves:petiole 1.5–22 cm. long; blade 5–11.5(–20) cm. long, 5.5–12(–23) cm. wide, usually ± rusty-pubescent beneath especially on nerves, sometimes subglabrous or densely tomentose, shallowly bilobed at apex to about one-tenth to one-third (very rarely to half) the length of the leaf from lobe-ends to junction with petiole; lobes rounded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes:peduncle (2–)5–17.5 cm. long; axis (2–)5–23(–42) cm. long; pedicels (1.5–)2–6 cm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Hypanthium
Hypanthium 3–8 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals 1–1.7 cm. long, ± conspicuously keeled along back, the two upper ones fused, the other three free.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals yellow, fading to pink; the four larger ones obovate to obovate-suborbicular, crinkled-bullate, 2.2–4 cm. long, 1.3–3.3 cm. wide, tapering into a basal claw.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 7–12 cm. long, 4.5–7.3 cm. wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds suborbicular or ellipsoid, 1.7–2.8 cm. long, 1.5–2 cm. wide, chestnut-brown to blackish.
Figures
Fig. 48.
Habitat
Wooded grassland, grassland, deciduous bushland; 100–1830 m.
Distribution
K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 T1 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 distribution as for the genus
[FTEA]

Uses

Use
Fibre, Food and Drink, Forage
[ILDIS]

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • 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

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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

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    • 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