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Teramnus uncinatus

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Name

Identification
Dolichos uncinatus L. [family FABACEAE: FABOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Teramnus uncinatus (L.) Sw. [family FABACEAE: FABOIDEAE ] Verified by W. Fawcett,
Related name
  • Teramnus micans
  • Glycine discolor
  • Teramnus
  • Teramnus volubilis
  • Teramnus axilliflorus
  • Glycine lanceolifoliata
  • Glycine unrecorded
  • Dolichos uncinatus
  • Glycine andongensis
  • Glycine ringoetii
  • Glycine gilletii
  • Teramnus stolzii
  • Glycine reducta
  • Teramnus uncinatus
Common name
  • lofolofonσmbe (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, KORANKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for Teramnus uncinatus L. Sw. [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 3, Part 5, (2001) Author: B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt
Names
Teramnus uncinatus L. Sw. [family LEGUMINOSAE], Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 105 (1788). —Verdcourt in Kew Bull. 24: 278 (1970); in F.T.E.A., Leguminosae, Pap.: 539 (1971). —Thulin in Opera Bot., number 68: 121 (1983). —Lock, Leg. Afr. Check-list: 440 (1989). Type from Jamaica.
Dolichos uncinatus L. [family LEGUMINOSAE], Sp. Pl.: 1019 (1763).
Information
Perennial climber or prostrate herb. Stems angled. Leaflets 2–11 × 0.5–3.8 cm, elliptic to linear-oblong, discolorous, glabrescent to densely hairy above, sparesly to densely hairy beneath; petiole 1.5–7.5 cm long; rhachis 1–5 mm long; petiolules 1–4 mm long. Inflorescences usually lax pseudoracemes, but occasionally subsessile clusters, covered with golden to dark brown hairs; rhachis 1.5–28 cm long; peduncles 0.5–8 cm long; flowers in 2–4(5)-flowered fascicles along the rhachis; pedicels 1–2(3) mm long; bracteoles 1–2 mm long, lanceolate. Calyx with white, brown or dark brown hairs; tube 1–2 mm long; lobes 2–3 mm long, equal. Standard 3–6 × 2–4 mm, obovate, white, green, pink or lilac. Pods 3–5.5 cm × 2–4 mm, linear, covered with dense spreading or appressed golden to dark brown, sometimes mixed with white, hairs; beak 2–4 mm long. Seeds light or dark brown or yellow, 2–4 × 1–2 × 1 mm, oblong, smooth, with a small rim aril.

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