Entada stuhlmannii (Taub.) Harms, Veg. Erde 9(III 1): 401. 1915.

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Entada stuhlmannii (Taub.) Harms, Veg. Erde 9(III 1): 401. 1915.

Types.

TANZANIA. Uzaramo District, Stuhlmann 6845, 6939, 6965, 7114 (syntypes: B†); Bagamoyo District, Stuhlmann 7197 (syntype: B†).

Basionym.

Pusaetha stuhlmannii Taub., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 196. 1895.

Description.

Climber, slender, woody, to 2.5 m, young shoots glabrous and sinuous, roots tuberous. Leaves: rachis 5-6.2 cm long; pinnae 2(-3) pairs per leaf, sometimes modified into a tendril or spirally twisted at base, 1.9-3.6 cm long, with 4-5(-8) pairs of leaflets, pinna rachis slightly winged; leaflets 0.9-3 × 0.25-1.5 cm, obovate to oblanceolate-oblong, occasionally narrowly oblong, apex rounded to sub-truncate and with or without a mucro, base oblique, lamina glabrous, lateral venation raised below. Inflorescence: an axillary spiciform raceme, (2-)3.5-8 cm long, usually solitary though sometimes in fascicles, rachis glabrous. Flowers: purple or brownish-red, pedicels 1-1.5 mm long; calyx 1 mm long, distinctly toothed, glabrous; petals 2.5-4 mm long; stamen filaments 3-3.5 mm long. Fruit: a torulose, laterally compressed, falcate craspedium, 12-24(-30) × 2.7-4.3 cm, with transverse septa between seeds dividing the fruit into one-seeded segments which, upon ripening, fall from the persistent replum. Seeds: 1 × 0.9 cm.

Distribution.

Tanzania, Mozambique.

Habitat and ecology.

Scrub around Lake Tanganyika, deciduous bushland, wooded grassland and woodland; 15-1600 m alt.