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Eriosema psoraleoides
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Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park
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Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Crotalaria psoraleoides Lam. Eriosema cajanoides (Guill. & Perr.) Hook.f. |
| Common names: | Canary pea (English) |
| Frequency: | Common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Much-branched, bushy perennial, 1-2.5 m. Leaves 3-foliolate, rarely 1-foliolate on the lower leaves; leaflets elliptic-oblong to obovate-elliptic, 2.5-95 cm, finely pubescent above, paler, velvety with prominent venation beneath. Flowers in many-flowered, terminal and axillary racemes, golden yellow. Pods 1-2 cm, ovate to almost circular, covered in long spreading hairs. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | psoraleoides: resembling Psoralea another genus in this family |
| Habitat: | In a wide variety of habitats but often in damp places, e.g. by streams and in high rainfall areas, also in disturbed ground |
| Altitude range: | Up to 1700 m |
| Flowering time: | Jan - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | widespread in Tropical Africa and South Africa as far as KwaZulu-Natal. Also in Madagascar. |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M |
| Growth form: | P |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 27 November 2011 |
| Literature: |
Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 180 - 181. (Includes a picture). MacKinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae FZ 3(5) Pages 218 - 219. Plowes, D.C.H. & Drummond, R.B. (1990). Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe. Revised edition. Longman, Zimbabwe. No. 56, plate 81 Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 274 - 275. (Includes a picture). Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, S Africa Pages 204 - 205. (Includes a picture). |
Other sources of information about Eriosema psoraleoides:
African Plant Database: Eriosema psoraleoidesBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Eriosema psoraleoides
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Eriosema psoraleoides
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Eriosema psoraleoides
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Eriosema psoraleoides
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Eriosema psoraleoides
JSTOR Plant Science: Eriosema psoraleoides
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Eriosema psoraleoides
Tropicos: Eriosema psoraleoides
West African Plants database: Eriosema psoraleoides
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