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Mackinder, B. et al. (2001) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5)
Erect, rarely prostrate or climbing, herbs or subshrubs. Stipules present. Leaves 1- or 3-foliolate; leaflets often with small glands beneath. Flowers reflexed. Calyx 5-lobed, lobes equal or unequal, the upper free or sometimes partly fused. Corolla basically yellow. Ovary 2-ovulate. Pods up to 2 × as long as broad, oblong or elliptic, flattened, covered with long hairs or glabrescent. Seeds 2, ovoid or oblong; funicle inserted at one end of the linear hilum. Worldwide: 130 species in tropical and warm areas Caprivi: 23 cultivated taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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Species | Content |
angolense Baker f. | |
chrysadenium Taub.[Agg] | |
cordatum E. Mey. | Description, Image |
erici-rosenii R.E.Fr.[Agg] | |
flemingioides Baker | |
flexuosum Staner | Description, Image |
jurionianum Staner & De Craene | |
laurentii De Wild. | |
lebrunii Staner & De Craene | Description, Image |
montanum Baker f. | Description, Image |
monticola Taub. | |
nutans Schinz | |
parviflorum E.Mey.[Agg] | |
pauciflorum Klotzsch | Description, Image |
pentaphyllum Harms | |
psoraleoides (Lam.) G. Don | Description, Image |
rhynchosioides Baker | |
robinsonii Verdc. | |
scioanum Avetta subsp. lejeunei (Staner & De Craene) Verdc. | |
shirense Baker f.[Agg] | |
tisserantii Staner & De Craene | |
vanderystii (De Wild.) Hauman | |
verdickii De Wild.[Agg] |
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