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Eriosema
Sign in to saveEriosema is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. Accepted species number over 150. The genus is widespread in tropics.
Species
Brown Bonnets
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
Appearance: This appears to be a hybrid between Eriosema shirense Baker
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- Flickr - João de Deus Medeiros - Eriosema campestre (1).jpg
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- taxon name
- Eriosema
- taxon common name
- 鸡头薯属
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Eriosema is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. Accepted species number over 150. 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.