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Mackinder, B. et al. (2001) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5)
Climbing herb. Stipules mostly reflexed and persistent; stipels lanceolate. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate; Inflorescences axillary, falsely racemose. Calyx 2-lipped, upper lip entire or emarginate, lower 3-lobed. Standard round, usually reflexed, auriculate with 2 calli or appendages on the inner face. Style distinctly thickened, laterally flattened, hairy on the internal face. Pods oblong-falcate to linear-oblong, tipped by the persistent style. Seeds ovoid, flattened, with a long arillate hilum. Worldwide: 1 variable species originating in W Africa and widely cultivated throughout the tropics Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
No image of a cultivated species but there is an image of a native or naturalised species |
| Species | Content |
| purpureus (L.) Sweet subsp. uncinatus Verdc. var. uncinatus | Description, Image |
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