Aeschynomene mossoensis J.Léonard

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation

Not Threatened

Ecology

Africa: Zambezian woodland

Morphology General Habit

Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit

Erect subshrub 0.45–1(–1.5) m. tall.

Morphology Stem

Stems densely pubescent, mostly sticky, glabrescent below.

Morphology Leaves

Leaves 10–46-foliolate; leaflets oblong to obovate-oblong, 0.4–1.7 cm. long, 1.5–7 mm. wide, rounded and mucronulate at the apex, oblique at the base, glabrous or slightly pubescent beneath when young, ciliolate or almost denticulate; main nerve ± central, venation slightly prominent; petiole and rhachis together 2–9.5(–12) cm. long, pubescent; petiolules 0.5 mm. long; stipules linear to ovate-lanceolate, 0.5–1.4 cm. long, 1–2.5(–6) mm. wide, acuminate, unappendaged, subcordate or appendaged on one side, leafy, at first pubescent, later glabrescent, ciliolate, persistent.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Inflorescences axillary, several-flowered; rhachis 4 cm. long, pubescent; peduncle 2 cm. long; pedicels 4–8 mm. long, pubescent; bracts ± oblong, 3–4 mm. wide, 3-toothed, glabrous but ciliolate, very soon falling; bracteoles ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, 2–3 mm. long, 0.5–1 mm. wide, glabrous, soon falling.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx glabrous, 2-lipped, the lips ovate, 5–6 mm. long, 2–4 mm. wide, sometimes ciliolate, one 2-toothed, the other 3-toothed at the apex.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Standard bright yellow, violin-shaped, 1–1.1 cm. long, 3–4.5 mm. wide; wings bright yellow; keel-petals pale yellow, not laciniate.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pods of 1 article or 2 joined by a very narrow neck, each semicircular, 5.5–10 mm. long, 4.5–7.5 mm. wide, reticulate, either puberulous on the margins only or glandular pubescent all over.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds dark reddish-brown, semicircular-reniform, longest dimension 4.8 mm., shorter dimension 3.8 mm., 1 mm. thick; hilum small, round, eccentric, the seed slightly beaked beyond it.

Leguminosae, B. Verdcourt. Flora Zambesiaca 3:6. 2000

Morphology General Habit

Erect subshrub 0.45–1(1.5) m tall.

Morphology Stem

Stems densely pubescent, mostly sticky, glabrescent below.

Morphology Leaves

Leaves 10–46-foliolate; leaflets 4–17 × 1.5–7 mm, oblong to obovate-oblong, rounded and mucronulate at the apex, oblique at the base, glabrous or slightly pubescent beneath when young, ciliolate or almost denticulate; main nerve ± central, venation slightly prominent; petiole and rhachis together 2–9.5(12) cm long, pubescent; petiolules 0.5 mm long; stipules 5–14 × 1–2.5(6) mm, linear to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, unappendaged, subcordate or appendaged on one side, leaf-like, at first pubescent, later glabrescent, ciliolate, persistent.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Inflorescences axillary, several-flowered; peduncle 2 cm long; rhachis 4 cm long, pubescent; pedicels 4–8 mm long, pubescent; bracts 3–4 mm wide, 3-toothed, ± oblong, glabrous but ciliolate, very soon falling; bracteoles 2–3 × 0.5–1 mm, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, glabrous, soon falling.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx glabrous, 2-lipped; lips 5–6 × 2–4 mm, ovate, sometimes ciliolate, one 2-toothed, the other 3-toothed at the apex.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Standard bright yellow, 10–11 × 3–4.5 mm, violin-shaped; wings bright yellow; keel petals pale yellow, not laciniate.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Fruit of 1 article or 2 joined by a very narrow neck, each article semicircular, 5.5–10 × 4.5–7.5 mm, reticulate, either puberulous on the margins only or glandular pubescent all over.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds dark reddish-brown, 4.8 × 3.8 × 1 mm, semicircular-reniform; hilum small, round, eccentric, the seed slightly beaked beyond it.

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation

Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident