Calpurnia reflexa

PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / FABALES / FABACEAE / PAPILIONOIDEAE / PODALYRIEAE / CALPURNIA / REFLEXA

Calpurnia reflexa A.J.Beaumont

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Morphological description

Shrub or small tree up to 4 m tall; young stems puberulous. Leaves 30-100 mm long, moderately puberulous to glabrescent; petiole 4-23 mm long; petiolule 1-2 mm long, puberulous; stipules triangular-ovate, 1-2 mm long, puberulous, caducous; leaflets 4-12, elliptic, or slightly ovate- or obovate-elliptic, 4-40 x 4-20 mm, base round to acute, apex round to truncate or rarely slightly retuse, mucronate to blunt. Inflorescence racemose, 40-80 mm long, moderately to densely puberulous, 10-30-flowered; bracts narrowly ovate-triangular, 1.0-1.5 mm long, puberulous, caducous; bracteoles filiform, longer than bracts, caducous. Hypanthium 1-2 mm long. Calyx 5-7 mm long, puberulous, base campanulate; lobes 2-3 mm long, revolute, shorter than or equal to tube; anterior lobe shorter than other lobes. Petals: standard obovate, 6-9 x 5-7 mm, erect, apex reflexed, claw 3-4 mm long, papillate; wing falcate-oblong, 9-11 x 3-5 mm, upper basal and rarely upper central regions lightly sculptured, claw 3.0-3.5 mm long; keel 6-8 x 4-5 mm, inner anterior margins puberulous-tomentose, apex round to obtuse, claw 3-4 mm long. Stamens monadelphous, nine fused to two-thirds of their lengths, the tenth fused to one third of its length, base densely papillate-puberulous. Ovary 5 mm long, margins tomentose-sericeous, sides sparsely papillate towards the stipe; stipe 3 mm long; ovules 6-8; style 3 mm long, filiform, glabrous. Immature fruits 30-45 x 8-10 mm, 1-3-seeded, ligneus, glabrescent to glabrous, straw-coloured, venation prominent; upper suture wing to 0.5 mm broad; mature fruits not known. Mature seed not known. From: Beaumont, AJ; Beckett, RP; Edwards, TJ; Stirton, CH. 1999. Revision of the genus Calpurnia (Sophoreae: Leguminosae). Bothalia 29(1): 5-23. [CC BY]

Shrub or small tree, up to 4 m high; young stems puberulous. Leaves 30-100 mm long, puberulous to glabrescent; petioles 4-23 mm long. Stipules triangular-ovate, caducous. Leaflets 4-12, elliptic. Inflorescences racemose, 40-80 mm long, 10-30-flowered. Hypanthium 1-2 mm long. Calyx 5-7 mm long, puberulous, base campanulate; lobes shorter than or equal to tube; anterior lobe shorter than other lobes. Petals bright yellow; standard obovate, apex reflexed. Stamens monadelphous, base densely papillate-puberulous. Flowering time Sept.-Apr. From: Boatwright, JS; et al. 2019. Fabaceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(2): 926-1066. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Shrub or small tree, up to 4 m high. Leaves with blade 30-100 mm long; leaflets 4-12, 4-40 x 4-20 mm. Flowers: in a raceme, 40-80 mm long, 10-30-flowered; bracts narrowly ovate-triangular; hypanthium 1-2 mm long; filament bases densely hairy; calyx lobes reflexed; corolla bright yellow; Oct.-Jan. Pods 30-45 x 8-10 mm (immature). From: Grobler, A; Retief, E; Meyer, NL. 2017. Fabaceae: Calpurnia E.Mey. In: E Retief & NL Meyer (eds), Plants of the Free State: Inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 523-523. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Habitat

C. reflexus is an upland species, occuring in mountain ravines around 1 800 m. From: Beaumont, AJ; Beckett, RP; Edwards, TJ; Stirton, CH. 1999. Revision of the genus Calpurnia (Sophoreae: Leguminosae). Bothalia 29(1): 5-23. [CC BY]

Forest and thickets; Mesic Highveld Grassland. From: Boatwright, JS; et al. 2019. Fabaceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(2): 926-1066. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Dry Grassland; Mesic Grassland. Grassland, mountainsides. From: Grobler, A; Retief, E; Meyer, NL. 2017. Fabaceae: Calpurnia E.Mey. In: E Retief & NL Meyer (eds), Plants of the Free State: Inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 523-523. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Distribution

Lesotho. From: Beaumont, AJ; Beckett, RP; Edwards, TJ; Stirton, CH. 1999. Revision of the genus Calpurnia (Sophoreae: Leguminosae). Bothalia 29(1): 5-23. [CC BY]

Flowering time

October to January

Altitude

1400 to 2200 m

Occurrence records map

This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations

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Residence status

Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature

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Names and Sources

Accepted name

Calpurnia reflexa A.J.Beaumont

Published in: Bothalia 29(1): 13 (1999)

Nomenclature note: as 'reflexus'

Synonym(s)

Calpurnia robinioides auct.

Calpurnia robinioides (DC.) E.Mey.

Published in: Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. (Meyer): 3 (1836)

Common name	Language	Reference/barcode
Free State golden-pea	English	Van Wyk, AE; Van den Berg, E; Coates Palgrave, M; Jordaan, M. 2011. Dictionary of names for southern African trees. Briza, Arcadia.
Free State-laburnum	English	Van Wyk, AE; Van den Berg, E; Coates Palgrave, M; Jordaan, M. 2011. Dictionary of names for southern African trees. Briza, Arcadia.
motÜohlo	Southern Sotho	Van Wyk, AE; Van den Berg, E; Coates Palgrave, M; Jordaan, M. 2011. Dictionary of names for southern African trees. Briza, Arcadia.
Sotho calpurnia	English	Boatwright, JS; et al.. 2019. Fabaceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(2): 926-1066. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Sotho calpurnia	English	Van Wyk, AE; Van den Berg, E; Coates Palgrave, M; Jordaan, M. 2011. Dictionary of names for southern African trees. Briza, Arcadia.
sothogeelkeur	Afrikaans	Van Wyk, AE; Van den Berg, E; Coates Palgrave, M; Jordaan, M. 2011. Dictionary of names for southern African trees. Briza, Arcadia.
Sotho-geelkeur	Afrikaans	Boatwright, JS; et al.. 2019. Fabaceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(2): 926-1066. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Sotho-laburnum	English	Van Wyk, AE; Van den Berg, E; Coates Palgrave, M; Jordaan, M. 2011. Dictionary of names for southern African trees. Briza, Arcadia.
tloebe	Southern Sotho	Van Wyk, AE; Van den Berg, E; Coates Palgrave, M; Jordaan, M. 2011. Dictionary of names for southern African trees. Briza, Arcadia.
tloele	Southern Sotho	Van Wyk, AE; Van den Berg, E; Coates Palgrave, M; Jordaan, M. 2011. Dictionary of names for southern African trees. Briza, Arcadia.
tlole	Southern Sotho	Van Wyk, AE; Van den Berg, E; Coates Palgrave, M; Jordaan, M. 2011. Dictionary of names for southern African trees. Briza, Arcadia.
Vrystaatse geelkeur	Afrikaans	Van Wyk, AE; Van den Berg, E; Coates Palgrave, M; Jordaan, M. 2011. Dictionary of names for southern African trees. Briza, Arcadia.