Fabaceae
Adenodolichos

Adenodolichos punctatus (Micheli) Harms

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 180 (1902)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to S. Tropical Africa. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit
Woody subshrub, erect, ascending or more rarely prostrate, 0·45–1·5 m. tall; rootstock stout and woody.
Morphology Stem
Stems pubescent, often flowering when leafless and sometimes from very short burnt-off stems nearly at ground level.
Morphology Leaves
Leaflets 3, oblong, elliptic, ovate-oblong or lanceolate, rounded, emarginate or subacute and apiculate at the apex, truncate or subcordate at the base, 2·5–9(–15) cm. long, 0·8–4·5 cm. wide, glabrous or with fine adpressed hairs resembling spiders' silk above, pubescent to velvety and glandular or almost glabrous beneath; petioles 2–10 cm. long; rhachis 0·2–1·5 cm. long; petiolules 2–3 mm. long; stipules lanceolate, 2–4 mm. long, deciduous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences of axillary racemes and terminal panicles, lax, few to many-flowered, yellow pubescent and glandular, 10–28 cm. long above a peduncle 5–10 cm. long; pedicels 3·5–6 mm. long; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 3–4 mm. long, deciduous; bracteoles filiform, 2–3 mm. long, persistent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx adpressed pubescent and glandular; tube 3–4 mm. long; lobes lanceolate, 6–11 mm. long, the upper pair united for one-third to almost their entire length.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard white, green or pinkish-mauve or crimson-purple, rounded-rhombic, 1–1·6 cm. long, 0·9–1·35 cm. wide; wings and keel white, green or partly mauve.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods oblanceolate, falcate, 4·2–5 cm. long, 1·1–1·5 cm. wide, the venation ± raised, with yellowish tubercle-based hairs and orange glands.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds brown, mottled with dark brown or black, lens-shaped, biconvex, ± 5–7·5 mm. in diameter, 2–5 mm. thick; hilum small, elliptic, set in a groove.
[FTEA]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian woodland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
[ILDIS]

Leguminosae, B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt. Flora Zambesiaca 3:5. 2001

Morphology General Habit
Woody subshrub, erect, ascending or more rarely prostrate, 0.45–2 m tall; rootstock stout and woody, sometimes horizontal.
Morphology Stem
Stems pubescent, usually viscid, often flowering when leafless and sometimes from very short burnt off stems nearly at ground level, or leaves on separate stems, or inflorescences terminal on leafy shoots.
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 3, 2.5–9(17.5) × 0.8–4.5 cm, oblong, elliptic, ovate-oblong or lanceolate, rounded, emarginate or subacute and apiculate (rarely tapering acute) at the apex, truncate or subcordate at the base, glabrous or with fine appressed hairs resembling spiders’ silk above, pubescent to velvety and glandular or almost glabrous beneath; petioles 2–10 cm long; rhachis 2–15 mm long; petiolules 2–3 mm long; stipules 2–4 mm long, lanceolate, deciduous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences of axillary racemes and terminal panicles, lax, few to many-flowered, yellow pubescent and glandular, 10–28 cm long above a peduncle 5–10 cm long; pedicels 3.5–7 mm long; bracts 3–4 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, deciduous; bracteoles 2–4 mm long, filiform, persistent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx appressed pubescent and glandular; tube 3–4 mm long; lobes 6–11 mm long, lanceolate, the upper pair united for one-third to almost their entire length.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard white, green or pinkish-mauve or crimson-purple, 1–1.6 × 0.9–1.35 cm, rounded-rhombic; wings and keel white, green or partly mauve.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 4.2–5.7 × 1.1–1.5 cm, oblanceolate, falcate, the venation ± raised, with yellowish tubercular based hairs and orange glands.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds brown, mottled with dark brown or black, 5–7.5 in diameter, 2–5 mm thick, lens-shaped, biconvex; hilum small, elliptic, set in a groove.
[FZ]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0