Isotype of Neptunia oleraceaLour. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Nielson,I.,
Related name
Desmanthus lacustris
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Neptunia stolonifera
Neptunia prostrata
Desmanthus natans
Neptunia oleracea
Common name
Volta) suďehesa (K&T) (UPPER VOLTA, FULA-FULFULDE (Upper), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
o kénar a gutâ’m (JB) o kénar a gutâ’m = the stranger has found me absent, i.e., the doors were closed (JB) surdal génar a gara (JB) (SENEGAL, SERER), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
pompom jaune (Senegal, Berhaut)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
bañ sa goro (JB) (SENEGAL, WOLOF), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
Flora
Entry for NEPTUNIA oleracea Lour. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin (Acacia by M. Thulin, A. S. Hassan & B. T. Styles) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Aquatic herb; stems creeping, usually floating, swollen and rooting at nodes. Leaves sensitive, with 2–4 pairs of pinnae; rhachis including petiole up to 13 cm long; leaflets 7–22 pairs, oblong, 5–20 x 1.5–4 mm, basal ones smaller, glabrous or almost so. Flowers yellow, in long-pedunculate heads 1.5–2.5 cm long. Calyx 1–3 mm long. Corolla 3–4 mm long. Stamens 10; anthers eglandular; staminodes 17–21 mm long. Pod stipitate, shortly oblong, 1.3–2.7(–3.8) x 1–1.2 cm.
Range
?S2, S3 widespread in the tropics.
Altitude range
up to c. 50 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Bigi 39.
Notes
The doubtful record from S2 is based on Pollacci & Maffei 67 (FT), a poor sterile specimen from “Vittorio d’Africa”.
