3898.000 Eriosema (DC.) Rchb.

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

Zimbabwe: 20 taxa.

Insects associated with this genus:
Cupidopsis cissus (Common meadow blue) Food plant
Philotherma rosa (Rose eggar) Food plant
Eriosema ellipticum subsp. ellipticum

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
affine De Wild.N,CDescription, Image
buchananii Baker f. var. buchananii EDescription, Image
burkei Benth.N,W,C,EDescription
chrysadenium Taub. var. chrysadenium EDescription, Image
cordatum E. Mey.EDescription, Image
ellipticum Welw. ex Baker subsp. ellipticum N,C,E,SDescription, Image
englerianum HarmsN,W,CDescription, Image
lebrunii Staner & De CraeneEDescription, Image
macrostipulum Baker f. var. macrostipulum N,C,EDescription, Image
montanum Baker f.EDescription, Image
nutans SchinzN,W,C,E,S
pauciflorum KlotzschN,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
psoraleoides (Lam.) G. DonN,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
pumilum Verdc. var. pumilum NDescription, Image
ramosum Baker f.C
rhodesicum R.E. Fr. var. rhodesicum E
rhynchosioides BakerC
shirense Baker f. var. shirense N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
shirense Baker f. var. pawekiae Verdc.EDescription
youngii Baker f. var. youngii N,CDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Eriosema:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Eriosema
Flora of Burundi: Eriosema
Flora of Caprivi: Eriosema
Flora of the DRC: Eriosema
Flora of Malawi: Eriosema
Flora of Mozambique: Eriosema
Flora of Zambia: Eriosema

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Eriosema
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Eriosema
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Eriosema
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Eriosema
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
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

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Eriosema.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=772, retrieved 9 October 2024

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