Entada nana var. bacillaris

= Entada nana Harms var. pubescens R.E. Fr., Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo-Exped. 1911-12, 1: 64. 1914.

Description.

Young stems with yellowish to golden hairs. Pinnae 3-4 pairs per leaf. Leaflets 8-13 pairs per pinna, (2-)2.5-4(-4.6) × (0.5-)1-1.6 cm. Calyx glabrous.

Distribution.

Zambia, southwest Tanzania.

Habitat and ecology.

Escarpment woodland with Brachystegia, Julbernardia Pellegr. and Isoberlinia Craib & Stapf (Lungu, 1995, p. 38), on shallow rocky soils; 900-1520 m alt.