Eriosema is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. Accepted species number over 150.[1] The genus is widespread in tropics.
Description
Species of Eriosema are mostly herbs or shrublets. Leaves are pinnately 3-foliolate, rarely reduced to a single leaflet. Inflorescences are 1–2-flowered or pedunculate racemes in the leaf axils, yellow to orange, calyx is campanulate, consists of five similar lobes. Pods are short and flattened with two seeds.[2][3]
Selected species
- Eriosema campestre Benth. — Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil
- Eriosema chinense Vogel — South-East Asia, East Himalaya, India, New Guinea, Australia
- Eriosema defoliatum Benth. — Brazil
- Eriosema glabrum Mart. ex Benth. — Argentina, Brazil
- Eriosema glaziovii Harms — Brazil
- Eriosema harmsianum Dinter — Namibia
- Eriosema kraussianum Meisn. — South Africa
- Eriosema longifolium Benth. — Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay
- Eriosema salignum E.Mey. — South Africa
- Eriosema stenophyllum Harms — Brazil
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Eriosema umtamvunense in Umtamvuna Nature Reserve -
Eriosema longifolium in Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park -
Eriosema kraussianum in KwaZulu-Natal -
Eriosema salignum in fruit in South Africa.
Uses
Root tubers of Eriosema species have been traditional food for Aborigines of the Northern Territory.[4]
References
- ^ The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 2014/08/27)
- ^ Manning, John C.. (2013). Field guide to wild flowers of South Africa. Cape Town: Random House Struik. p. 288. ISBN 9781920544874.
- ^ "Flora of China, Vol. 10". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ NTFlora Northern Territory Flora online: Flora of the Darwin Region: Fabaceae. Retrieved 10 June 2018
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