Fabaceae
Wajira

Wajira virescens (Thulin) Thulin & Lavin

First published in Syst. Bot. 29: 913 (2004)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Ethiopia to Central & S. Central Somalia. It is a climbing shrub 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

Morphology General Habit
Woody climber up to several m long; young stems herbaceous and sparsely pubescent with retrorse hairs
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets rhombic to oblate, 1.2–6.5 x 1.2–4.5 cm, sparsely appressed pubescent at least beneath and with raised reticulate venation on both surfaces
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences in leaf axils or from old wood, the axis c. 2.5–15 cm long including up to 5 cm long peduncle
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx glabrous; tube c. 2.5 mm long; lobes triangular, c. 2 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard dull greenish outside, c. 10 cm long; wings purple; keel with the beak incurved for a full turn
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary 6–8-ovulate; style with rigid upper part dorsiventrally flattened and with partly branched hairs on the inside of the upper 3.5 mm
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods c. 60–70 x 5–6 mm, ± straight or upcurved at the apex, glabrous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds with hilum c. 0.8 mm long.
[FSOM]

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: threatened. Confidence: low confidence
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[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

  • 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