Aeschynomene fluminensis Vell.
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Authority
Rudd, Velva E. 1955. The American species of Aeschynomene. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 32: 1-172.
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Family
Fabaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Stem up to 4 m. high, glabrous to glandular-hispidulous; stipules 5-10 mm. long, glabrous, ciliolate, often hyaline-margined, striate, the portion above the point of attachment about 4-9 mm. long, acuminate, the lower portion about 1 mm. long, rounded; leaves 6-15 cm. long, 35-50-foliolate, the petiole and rachis glabrous or beset with subglandular hairs; leaflets linear-oblong, about 5-10 mm. long and 1.5-2 mm. wide, entire, sometimes ciliolate, mucronate; inflorescences 1-several-flowered, the pedicels and peduncles glabrous or glandular-pubescent; bracts caducous, mostly stipule-like, the pair of bracteoles subtending the calyx narrowly ovate, subacute, 2-3 mm. long; flowers 7-10 mm. long; calyx 6-8 mm. long; standard about 7 mm. long, broadly spatulate, the base subcuneate, sparsely clawed, the blade elliptical-ovate, about G mm. long, 5 mm. wide at maximum; wings about 8 mm. long, the claw 1 mm. long, the blade oblong, 6-6.5 mm. long, 2-2.5 mm. wide, rounded; keel petals about as long and wide as the wings; stamens about 7 mm. long; fruits commonly 6-8-articulate, the stipe about 1 mm. long, the articles about 5 mm. long and 4 mm. wide, tuberculate, ventricose, glabrous to hispid; seeds about 3 mm. long and 2 mm. wide.