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Martins, E.S. et al. (2003) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7)
Shrubs or small trees. Stipules small, stipels 0. Leaves imparipinnate, 6-30-foliolate; leaflets opposite, subopposite or alternate. Inflorescence of axillary, rarely terminal, racemes. Bracts small; pedicels slightly swollen near the top. Calyx campanulate with 2 upper teeth ± fused. Petals yellow. Stamens free. Fruit usually indehiscent, narrowly oblong, stipitate, flat, winged (in ours) along the upper edge, membranous. Seeds flattened, ovate-oblong. Worldwide: 6 species in the E Cape, Afromontane forests and S India Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
No image of a cultivated species but there is an image of a native or naturalised species |
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