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Mackinder, B. et al. (2001) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5)
Trailing, climbing or ± erect herbs. Leaves pinnately (1-)3-9-foliolate. Flowers in few-flowered racemes or solitary or paired and axillary. Bracteoles large. Flowers resupinate. Calyx 5-lobed. Standard much greater than other petals, finely hairy outside. Ovary with 2-many ovules. Pod linear-oblong, flattened or convex. Seeds with a persistent white rim-aril. Worldwide: 60 species in the tropics and subtropics, mostly in America Mozambique: 1 cultivated taxon. |
No image of a cultivated species but there is an image of a native or naturalised species |
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