Eriosema psoraleoides(Lam.) G.Don

WFO wfo-0000195396 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Eriosema psoraleoides, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. a Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-06-17 / obs. 136955808
Eriosema psoraleoides, photographed by Shaun Swanepoel
fig. b Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 105503026
Eriosema psoraleoides, photographed by Shaun Swanepoel
fig. c Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 105469101
Eriosema psoraleoides, photographed by Shaun Swanepoel
fig. d Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 105406497
Eriosema psoraleoides, photographed by Shaun Swanepoel
fig. e Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 105286914
Eriosema psoraleoides, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. f Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 64041685
Eriosema psoraleoides, photographed by James Deacon
fig. g James Deacon, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 46800033
Eriosema psoraleoides, photographed by Shaun Swanepoel
fig. h Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 15797237

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Native range 36 botanical countries

Regions where Eriosema psoraleoides is native: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe AngolaBeninBotswanaBurkinaBurundiCameroonCentral African RepublicChadCongoDR CongoEquatorial GuineaEswatiniEthiopiaGabonGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauIvory CoastKenyaKwaZulu-NatalMadagascarMalawiMaliMozambiqueNigeriaNorthern ProvincesRwandaSenegalSierra LeoneSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Eriosema psoraleoides, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Benin BEN
Botswana BOT
Burkina BKN
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Equatorial Guinea EQG
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Gabon GAB
Gambia GAM
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mali MLI
Mozambique MOZ
Nigeria NGA
Northern Provinces TVL
Rwanda RWA
Senegal SEN
Sierra Leone SIE
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 14 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Crotalaria psoraleoides Lam.
  • Crotalaria psoraloides Lam.
  • Eriosema cajanoides (Guill. & Perr.) Hook.f.
  • Eriosema floribundum Klotzsch
  • Eriosema incanum Klotzsch
  • Eriosema macrophyllum Klotzsch
  • Eriosema polystachyum (A.Rich.) E.Mey.
  • Eriosema proschii Briq.
  • Eriosema psoraleoides var. grandiflorum Staner & De Craene
  • Eriosema psoraloides (Lam.) G.Don
  • Rhynchosia cajanoides Guill. & Perr.
  • Rhynchosia polystachya A.Rich.
  • Rhynchosia psoraleoides (Lam.) DC.
  • Rhynchosia psoraloides (Lam.) DC.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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