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Eminia harmsiana

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Holotype of Eminia harmsiana De Wild. [family FABACEAE]

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Identification

Eminia harmsiana De Wild. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Eminia holubii (Hemsl.) Taub. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Pauwels L., 1982

Flora

Entry for Eminia harmsiana De Wild. [family LEGUMINOSAE]

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Flora Zambesiaca

Reference Sources

FZ, Vol 3, Part 5, (2001) Author: B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt

Eminia harmsiana De Wild. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot., Sér. IV [Études Fl. Katanga] 1: 198, t. 44, fig. 1–10 (1903); Contrib. Fl. Katanga: 93 (1921). —E.G. Baker, Legum. Trop. Africa: 490 (1929). —Harms in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 46: 268 (1939). —Hauman in F.C.B. 6: 256 (1954). —Pauwels in Bull. Jard. Bot. Belg. 53: 157, map 1 (1983). —Lock, Leg. Afr. Check-list: 398 (1989). Type from Dem. Rep. Congo (Katanga Prov.).

Erect herb or subshrub, 1–1.5 m tall. Branches hirsute. Mature leaflets discolorous, 4.5–7.5 × 2–4.2 cm, narrowly ovate to ovate, occasionally lobed on one side, sparsely appressed pilose; petiole 2.5–5.5 cm long; rhachis 1.5–2.2 cm long; petiolules 2–3 mm long. Pseudoracemes with 1–several flowers in each fascicle, the fascicles often more crowded towards the apex of the inflorescence; pedicels 1–4(6) mm long. Calyx 8–15 mm long, densely villous with golden hairs, 5-lobed, the upper two lobes joined for two-thirds of their length, all lobes tipped with 2–3(4) shortly pedicellate glands 1 mm long. Corolla blue to purple, 1–2 cm long. Pod 1.5–3.2 cm long, densely villous with golden hairs, 1–2-seeded. Seeds 3–4 × 2–3 × 1 mm.

Miombo woodland

A rare species restricted to the Zambian Copperbelt area (from where only three collections were seen) and the Lubumbashi area of Dem. Rep. Congo

Zambia W Mufulira, fl. & fr. 28.vii.1955, Fanshawe 2436 (K; NDO); Kitwe, fl. 18.vii.1955, Fanshawe 2394 (K; NDO).