3898.000 Eriosema (DC.) Rchb.

MacKinder, B. et al. (2001) Papilionoideae FZ 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

The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:

Cupidopsis cissus (Common meadow blue)

Philotherma rosa (Rose eggar)

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
buchananii Baker f.	MS
burkei Benth.	MS
chrysadenium Taub. var. chrysadenium	MS	Description, Image
cordatum E. Mey.	M
ellipticum Welw. ex Baker subsp. ellipticum	N,T,MS	Description, Image
englerianum Harms	T,MS	Description, Image
lebrunii Staner & De Craene	MS
macrostipulum Baker f. var. macrostipulum	N,T	Description, Image
montanum Baker f.	Z,MS
nutans Schinz	Z,MS
parviflorum E. Mey. subsp. parviflorum	Z,MS,GI,M
pauciflorum Klotzsch	N,Z,MS	Description, Image
psoraleoides (Lam.) G. Don	N,Z,T,MS,GI,M	Description, Image
rhodesicum R.E. Fr. var. rhodesicum	N,Z
shirense Baker f. var. shirense	N	Description, Image
vanderystii (De Wild.) Hauman	N

Other sources of information about Eriosema:

Flora of Zimbabwe: Eriosema
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Eriosema
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Eriosema
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Eriosema
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Eriosema
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Eriosema