Melolobium

Melolobium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the legume family, Fabaceae.[1] It includes 14 species of small shrubs or perennial herbs native to southern Africa,[1] which are found in southern and eastern Namibia, southwestern Botswana, and most of South Africa.

Melolobium
Melolobium aethiopicum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Genisteae
Genus: Melolobium
Eckl. & Zeyh.
Species[1]

14; see text

Synonyms[1]

Sphingium E.Mey. (1835)

These plants are perennial herbs and small shrubs. Leaves are often sticky with exudate from small surface glands. Some have spine-tipped branches.[1] The leaves have three leaflets. The inflorescence is a terminal raceme of flowers. The flowers are yellow, sometimes fading orange or purple.[2]

Species

Melolobium comprises the following species:[1][3][4]

  • Melolobium adenodes Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Melolobium aethiopicum (L.) Druce
  • Melolobium alpinum Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Melolobium calycinum Benth.
  • Melolobium candicans (E. Mey.) Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Melolobium exudans Harv.
  • Melolobium humile Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Melolobium lampolobum (E.Mey.) Moteetee & B.-E.van Wyk
  • Melolobium macrocalyx Dümmer
  • Melolobium microphyllum (L.f.) Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Melolobium obcordatum Harv.
  • Melolobium stipulatum Harv.
  • Melolobium subspicatum Conrath
  • Melolobium wilmsii Harms

References
  1. Melolobium Eckl. & Zeyh. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  2. Moteetee, A., & van Wyk, B. E. (2006). A revision of the genus Melolobium (Genisteae, Fabacaeae). South African Journal of Botany, 72(1), 51-98.
  3. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Melolobium". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  4. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Melolobium". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
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