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 Malawi: 26 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| affine De Wild. | N,C | Description, Image |
| bauchiense Hutch. & Dalziel | N | |
| buchananii Baker f. var. buchananii | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| buchananii Baker f. var. subprostratum Verdc. | N | Description, Image |
| burkei Benth. | N | Description |
| chrysadenium Taub. var. chrysadenium | N | Description, Image |
| ellipticum Welw. ex Baker subsp. ellipticum | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| englerianum Harms | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| flexuosum Staner | N | Description, Image |
| lebrunii Staner & De Craene | N,S | Description, Image |
| macrostipulum Baker f. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| montanum Baker f. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| nutans Schinz | N,C,S | |
| pauciflorum Klotzsch | N,S | Description, Image |
| psoraleoides (Lam.) G. Don | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| pumilum Verdc. var. pumilum | N | Description, Image |
| pumilum Verdc. var. lanceolatum Verdc. | N | Description |
| ramosum Baker f. | C | |
| rhodesicum R.E. Fr. | N,S | |
| rhynchosioides Baker var. rhynchosioides | N | |
| shirense Baker f. var. shirense | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| shirense Baker f. var. pawekiae Verdc. | N | Description |
| ukingense Harms | N | |
| verdickii De Wild. var. schoutedenianum (Staner & De Craene) Verdc. | N | Image |
| verdickii De Wild. var. verdickii | N,C | |
| youngii Baker f. var. youngii | S | Description, Image |
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