Fabaceae
Afroamphica

Afroamphica africana (Hook.f.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi

First published in J. Jap. Bot. 93: 13 (2018)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nigeria to Ethiopia and Malawi. It is a climbing subshrub 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: Afromontane forest
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

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

Morphology General Habit
Climbing perennial herb.
Morphology Stem
Stems slender, covered in pale to ferruginous sericeous hairs.
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 2.5–6 × 2–4.8 cm, elliptic to broadly elliptic or narrowly to broadly ovate, mucronate, sparsely sericeous on upper surface, sparsely to densely sericeous beneath; petiole 1.5–8.7 cm long; rhachis 0.3–1.5 cm long; stipules 6–10 mm long, lanceolate, striate, persistent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences of many-flowered lax racemes; peduncle 2–7 cm long; bracts 5–10 × 2–3 mm, oblong-lanceolate, striate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx tube 5–7 mm long; lobes 2–4 × 1–3 mm, triangular.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard deep violet to lavender, paler towards the centre and base, 10–15 × 5–7 mm, obovate; wings and keel violet or white tinged with blue or purple.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod 2–3.5 cm × 4–6 mm, linear-oblong, mucronate, compressed, glabrous except along the ciliate margin, 3–4-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds dark brown or deep purple, 3 × 2 × 2 mm, ovoid.
[FZ]

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

  • 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