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Mackinder, B. et al. (2001) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5)
Annual or perennial herbs,climbing, prostrate or erect. Stipules and stipels present. Leaves (1-)3-foliolate; Flowers axillary, fasciculate or in false racemes. Calyx 4-5-lobed, the 2 upper lobes joined to form an entire or 2-fid lip. Corolla yellow or whitish-greenish-yellow, sometimes marked with a little reddish-purple, glabrous; standard with 2 long linear lamelliform appendages. Stigma with a terminal ring of hairs. Ovary 3-13-ovulate. Pods straight or curved, flattened. Worldwide: 24 species in tropical Africa, Madagascar, Mascarenes and the Indian subcontinent. Burundi: 10 taxa. |
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| Species | Content | |
| africanum (R. Wilczek) Verdc. | ||
| axillare (E.Mey.) Verdc.[Agg] | ||
| densiflorum (Welw. ex Baker) Verdc.[Agg] | ||
| ellipticum (R.E. Fr.) Verdc. | ||
| maranguense (Taub.) Verdc. | ||
| oliganthum (Brenan) Verdc. | ||
| stenophyllum (Harms) Verdc. | ||
| stipulosum (Welw. ex Baker) Verdc. | Image | |
| tenuiflorum (Micheli) Verdc. | ||
| uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc.[Agg] |
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