Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs. Hairs basifixed. Leaves usually imparipinnate, rarely palmate or 1-foliolate; leaflets opposite or subopposite, often silky, entire, usually narrowed at base and widest above middle, often with a prominent marginal nerve. Flowers 2 or more together in leaf axils or at the nodes of pseudoracemes, which are sometimes condensed and appearing subcapitate or subumbellate. Calyx 5-lobed, the upper 2 lobes often ± united. Corolla usually reddish-purple; standard pubescent outside. Upper filament lightly attached to others, less often free; other filaments fused for 2/3 to 4/5 of their length. Ovary pubescent, sessile. Pod linear or oblong, ± flattened, beaked, usually dehiscent. Seeds may be longitudinal (long axis parallel to that of pod), transverse or oblique. Aril almost 0 to well-developed. Worldwide: 400 species in warm regions, mostly Africa and Australia Mozambique: 56 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| acaciifolia Welw. ex Baker | MS | Description, Image |
| aequilata Baker | N,Z,MS | Description, Image |
| argyrotricha Harms | N | |
| brummittii Schrire | M | |
| caerulea Baker f. subsp. caerulea | N | |
| candida DC. | N | |
| chimanimaniana Brummitt [NrEnd] | MS | |
| cordata Hutch. & Burtt Davy | M? | Description, Image |
| dasyphylla Welw. ex Baker subsp. dasyphylla | N | Description, Image |
| decora Welw. ex Baker | N,Z,T | |
| elata Deflers subsp. heckmanniana (Harms) Brummitt var. heckmanniana | N,Z | Description, Image |
| elongata E. Mey. var. tzaneenensis (H.M.L. Forbes) Brummitt | M | |
| euprepes Brummitt | T | |
| faulknerae Brummitt [End] | N,Z | |
| forbesii Baker subsp. forbesii [NrEnd] | GI,M | |
| forbesii Baker subsp. inhacensis Brummitt [End] | M | |
| forbesii Baker subsp. interior Brummitt | GI | |
| gobensis Brummitt [NrEnd] | M | |
| interrupta Engl. subsp. elongatiflora J.B. Gillett | N | Image |
| linearis (Willd.) Pers. var. linearis | N,Z,MS,M | |
| linearis (Willd.) Pers. var. discolor (E. Mey.) Brummitt | N,MS,M | |
| linearis (Willd.) Pers. [Agg] | N,Z,MS,M | Description, Image |
| longipes Meisn. var. longipes | MS,GI,M | |
| longipes Meisn. var. swynnertonii (Baker f.) Brummitt [NrEnd] | MS | |
| longipes Meisn. var. drummondii (Brummitt) Brummitt [NrEnd] [DD] | MS | Description, Image |
| meisneri Hutch. & Burtt Davy | ||
| micrantha J.B. Gillett | N,Z | |
| miranda Brummitt [End] | N | |
| montana Brummitt [NrEnd] | MS | |
| multijuga R.G.N. Young | M | |
| nana Kotschy | Z | |
| noctiflora Bojer ex Baker | N,T,M | Description, Image |
| nyikensis Baker subsp. nyikensis | N | |
| paniculata Baker | N | |
| paradoxa Brummitt | N | |
| pentaphylla (Roxb.) G. Don | N | |
| polystachya E. Mey. | M | |
| praecana Brummitt [NrEnd] [VU] | MS | |
| pumila (Lam.) Pers. | MS,M | |
| purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. altissima Brummitt | N,MS | |
| purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. canescens (E. Mey.) Brummitt | N,MS,GI,M | Image |
| purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. dunensis Brummitt | N,Z,MS | |
| purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. leptostachya (DC.) Brummitt var. delagoensis (H.M.L. Forbes) Brummitt | N,Z,MS,GI,M | Description |
| purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. leptostachya (DC.) Brummitt | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. leptostachya (DC.) Brummitt var. pubescens Baker | MS,M | Description |
| reptans Baker var. reptans | N,Z?,T,MS | |
| reptans Baker var. arenicola Brummitt | N,T | |
| reptans Baker var. microfoliata (Peres de Lima) Brummitt [End] | N,Z | |
| rhodesica Baker f. var. rhodesica | N,MS | Description, Image |
| rhodesica Baker f. var. polystachyoides (Baker f.) Brummitt | Z | |
| stormsii De Wild. var. stormsii | N,Z | Description, Image |
| uniflora Pers. subsp. uniflora | T,MS,GI | Description, Image |
| villosa (L.) Pers. subsp. ehrenbergiana (Schweinf.) Brummitt var. ehrenbergiana | N,T | Description |
| villosa (L.) Pers. subsp. ehrenbergiana (Schweinf.) Brummitt var. daviesii Brummitt | T | Description, Image |
| vogelii Hook. f. | N,Z,MS | Description, Image |
| whyteana Baker f. subsp. gemina Brummitt [End] | Z |