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3898.000 Eriosema
Mackinder, B. et al. (2001) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5)
Description of the genus
Erect, rarely prostrate or climbing, herbs or subshrubs. Stipules present. Leaves 1- or 3-foliolate; leaflets often with small glands beneath. Flowers reflexed. Calyx 5-lobed, lobes equal or unequal, the upper free or sometimes partly fused. Corolla basically yellow. Ovary 2-ovulate. Pods up to 2 × as long as broad, oblong or elliptic, flattened, covered with long hairs or glabrescent. Seeds 2, ovoid or oblong; funicle inserted at one end of the linear hilum. Worldwide: 130 species in tropical and warm areas Caprivi: 23 cultivated taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| angolense Baker f. | |
| chrysadenium Taub.[Agg] | |
| cordatum E. Mey. | Description, Image |
| erici-rosenii R.E.Fr.[Agg] | |
| flemingioides Baker | |
| flexuosum Staner | Description, Image |
| jurionianum Staner & De Craene | |
| laurentii De Wild. | |
| lebrunii Staner & De Craene | Description, Image |
| montanum Baker f. | Description, Image |
| monticola Taub. | |
| nutans Schinz | |
| parviflorum E.Mey.[Agg] | |
| pauciflorum Klotzsch | Description, Image |
| pentaphyllum Harms | |
| psoraleoides (Lam.) G. Don | Description, Image |
| rhynchosioides Baker | |
| robinsonii Verdc. | |
| scioanum Avetta subsp. lejeunei (Staner & De Craene) Verdc. | |
| shirense Baker f.[Agg] | |
| tisserantii Staner & De Craene | |
| vanderystii (De Wild.) Hauman | |
| verdickii De Wild.[Agg] |
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Flora of Zambia: Eriosema
Flora of Zimbabwe: Eriosema
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): EriosemaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Eriosema
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Eriosema
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Eriosema
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iNaturalist: Eriosema
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Eriosema
JSTOR Plant Science: Eriosema
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Eriosema
Plants of the World Online: Eriosema
Tropicos: Eriosema
Wikipedia: Eriosema
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