Eriosema

Eriosema
	Eriosema campestre, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Clade:	Millettioids
Tribe:	Phaseoleae
Subtribe:	Cajaninae
Genus:	Eriosema; (DC.) Desv.
Type species
	Eriosema rufum; (Kunth) G.Don
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Eriosema G.Don; Euriosma Desv.; Pyrrhotrichia Wight & Arn.; Rhynchosia sect. Eriosema DC.;

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

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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[1] The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 2014/08/27)

[2] Manning, John C.. (2013). Field guide to wild flowers of South Africa. Cape Town: Random House Struik. p. 288. ISBN 9781920544874.

[3] "Flora of China, Vol. 10". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 29 January 2022.

[NTflora-4] NTFlora Northern Territory Flora online: Flora of the Darwin Region: Fabaceae. Retrieved 10 June 2018

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