Fabaceae
Senegalia

Senegalia montigena (Brenan & Exell) Kyal. & Boatwr.

First published in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172: 509 (2013)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to Zambia. It is a climbing shrub 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]

Leguminosae, J.P.M. Brenan. Flora Zambesiaca 3:1. 1970

Morphology General Habit
Scandent shrub to 30 m. high; young branchlets ± densely pubescent with fulvous hairs and many red-purple glands mixed, dark-brown, later going blackish.
Morphology General Prickles
Prickles deflexed, scattered, arising from longitudinal bands usually darker than the intervening ones.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves: petiole 1·5-3·5 cm. long; pinnae 7-19 pairs, 3-4·5(5·5) cm. long; leaflets 0·5-1·25 mm. wide, linear-oblong, glabrous or margins sparsely and inconspicuously ciliolate; midrib nearer one margin at the base.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers cream or white, in heads 10-15 mm. in diam. usually in pyramidal panicles.
Morphology Leaves Stipules
Stipules at base of peduncles small, 1-1·5 mm. wide, inconspicuous, soon caducous, not subcordate at the base.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx puberulous and eglandular outside.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla puberulous outside.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods dark-brown, dehiscent, 8-18 x 3-4·5 cm., subcoriaceous, oblong, with margins 1-1·5 mm. wide and not very thickened.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds brown or black, 9-12 x 6-7 mm., smooth, elliptic, compressed; areole small, 5-7 x 2·5-3·5 mm.
[FZ]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Afromontane forest
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Climbing, Shrub
[ILDIS]

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

Morphology General Habit
Scandent shrub to 30 m. high.
Morphology Branches
Young branchlets ± densely pubescent with fulvous hairs and many red-purple glands mixed, dark brown, later going blackish.
Morphology General Prickles
Prickles deflexed, scattered, arising from longitudinal bands usually darker than the intervening ones.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves:petiole 1.5–3.5 cm. long; pinnae 7–19 pairs, 3–4.5(–5.5) cm. long; leaflets linear-oblong, 0.5–1.25 mm. wide, glabrous or margins sparsely and inconspicuously ciliolate, midrib nearer one margin at base.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers cream or white, in heads 10–15 mm. in diameter usually in pyramidal panicles.
Morphology Leaves Stipules
Stipules at base of peduncles small, 1–1.5 mm. wide, inconspicuous, soon caducous, not subcordate at base.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx puberulous and eglandular outside.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla puberulous outside.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods (Fig. 15/26, p. 66) subcoriaceous, oblong, dark brown, dehiscent, 8–18 cm. long and 3–4.5 cm. wide, with margins 1–1.5 mm. wide and not very thickened.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds brown or black, smooth, elliptic, compressed, 9–12 mm. long, 6–7 mm. wide; areole small, 5–7 mm. long and 2.5–3.5 mm. wide.
Habitat
Upland rain-forest; 1000–2130 m.
Distribution
K5 T3 T5 T6 U2
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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