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Shrubby Yellow Eriosema

Eriosema psoraleoides (Lam.) G. Don

Derivation of specific name

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psoraleoides: resembling Psoralea another genus in this family
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Eriosema psoraleoides (Lam.) G. Don Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=132070
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
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Description

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Much-branched, bushy perennial, 1-2.5 m. Leaves 3-foliolate, rarely 1-foliolate on the lower leaves; leaflets elliptic-oblong to obovate-elliptic, 2.5-95 cm, finely pubescent above, paler, velvety with prominent venation beneath. Flowers in many-flowered, terminal and axillary racemes, golden yellow. Pods 1-2 cm, ovate to almost circular, covered in long spreading hairs.
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Eriosema psoraleoides (Lam.) G. Don Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=132070
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
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Flora of Zimbabwe

Frequency

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Common
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Eriosema psoraleoides (Lam.) G. Don Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=132070
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
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Flora of Zimbabwe

Worldwide distribution

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widespread in Tropical Africa and South Africa as far as KwaZulu-Natal. Also in Madagascar.
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Eriosema psoraleoides (Lam.) G. Don Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=132070
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
partner site
Flora of Zimbabwe