Fabaceae
Bolusia

Bolusia resupinata Milne-Redh.

First published in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 33: t. 3246 (1934)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Malawi to Zambia. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Leguminosae, various authors. Flora Zambesiaca 3:7. 2003

Morphology General Habit
Erect to procumbent perennial herb 0.2–0.4 m high.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves digitately 3-foliolate; leaflets (8)10–15(20) × 3–6(10) mm, narrowly elliptic to obovate, the upper ones often markedly narrower than the lower ones, sparsely silky hairy above and beneath, ± glabrescent above; petiole 6–9(15) mm long; stipules 3–7(10) × 3–6(8) mm, asymmetrically ovate, not dentate or obscurely dentate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences leaf-opposed or terminal, short, racemose, 1–4-flowered; rhachis 10–20 mm long; peduncle 5–15 mm long; bracts small, 2–4 mm long, linear, silky hairy; bracteoles small, c. 0.5 mm long, linear.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers 8–10 mm long, pale yellow flushed purple.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 5–7 mm long; tube slightly shorter than the lobes.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 17–27(35) × 6–11 mm, smooth, dehiscent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds brown, c. 3 × 2 mm, smooth to slightly verrucose.
[FZ]

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
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0