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Eriosema psoraleoides

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Name

Identification
Eriosema psoraleoides (Lam.) G. Don [family LEGUMINOSAE ]
Related name
  • Eriosema psoraleoides
Common name
  • nomko blé (JB) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • kẻ-sunk-apananka (JMD) kẻ-sunk-ε-ro-kant (NWT) kẻ-sunk-ε-runi (NWT) kẻ-sunku (JMD) (SIERRA LEONE, TEMNE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • kouŠe (NWT) yaŋgune (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, KORANKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • magonyε (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, LOKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • naoli (NWT) tawi (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for Eriosema psoraleoides (Lam.) G. Don Gen. Syst [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Eriosema psoraleoides (Lam.) G. Don Gen. Syst [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], . 2: 348 (1832).
Crotalaria psoraloides Lam. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1786)
Rhynchosia cajanoides Guill. & Perr. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1832)
Eriosema cajanoides (Guill. & Perr.) Hook. f [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1849) — F.T.A2: 227; ChevBot207; F.W.T.A., ed1, 1: 403, partly; Bakfl.c508
Eriosema sericeum [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], of ChevBot209, partly
(?) argenteum A. Chev. [family ], Bot207, name only.
Information
Erect undershrub, grey-silky, more or less branched, 4–5 ft high or more in tall grass; flowers golden yellow, odorous.
Range
Common throughout tropical Africa extending to S. Africa
Distribution
Sen. Messira Berhaut 1778.Gam. Kuntaur Ruxton A. 44!Fr. Sud. Sikoro Chev. 249!Port. G. Bissau (Nov.) Esp. Santo 1372!Fr. G. Heudelot 851! Scaëtta 3192! Kouroussa (Apr.) Pobéguin 700!S. L. Kabala (fl.IV. C. Mt. Dourou, 3,600 ft. Chev. 21706. Dotou Chev. 21785.G. C. Odumase (fl. 8 fr. Aug.) Johnson 1090! Dodowa (Aug.) Johnson 758! Akuse (Aug.) Howes 1205!Togo Kpedsu (fl. & fr. Jan.) Howes 1086!Dah. Le Testu 142! Atacora Mts. Chev. 24018.N. Nig. Kontagora (fl.S. Nig. Lagos (fl. & fr. Aug.) Punch 12! Abeokuta Irving 107! Ibadan (fl. 8 fr. Dec.) Onochie FHI 7950!Br. Cam. Bambuto F.R. (Sept.) Olorunfemi FHI 30763!

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