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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 Mozambique: 16 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| buchananii Baker f. var. buchananii | MS | Description, Image |
| burkei Benth. | MS | Description |
| chrysadenium Taub. var. chrysadenium | MS | Description, Image |
| cordatum E. Mey. | MS?,M | Description, Image |
| ellipticum Welw. ex Baker subsp. ellipticum | N,T,MS | Description, Image |
| englerianum Harms | T,MS | Description, Image |
| lebrunii Staner & De Craene | MS | Description, Image |
| macrostipulum Baker f. var. macrostipulum | N,T | Description, Image |
| montanum Baker f. | Z,MS | Description, Image |
| 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 |
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