Distribution Map

Rhynchosia komatiensis

   
(Rhynchosia sp.)

Fabaceae Faboideae Phaseoleae Cajaninae

As at April 2024, 5 herbarium specimens, 4 photo records, 11 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Restricted distribution

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Rhynchosia komatiensis - Bushy leafy shrub, up to 1,2 m high, stems, underside of leaflets and leaf-stalks coated with soft whitish woolly down, upper side of leaflets almost hairless. Leaf-stalk c 8 mm long. Leaflets oval, broadly oval or almost round, blunt, up to 4 cm long X 3,5 cm wide, or smaller more or less in proportion. lnflorescences short, few-flowered; calyx c 8 mm long, lobes short and broad; corolla yellow, c 2,5 cm long, standard hairless, much shorter than keel and wings which are dark-tipped. Pod bristly.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.