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Brummitt, R.K., Chikuni, A.C., Lock, J.M. & Polhill, R.M. (2007) Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(2)
Shrubs or perennial herbs, unarmed. Leaves bipinnate, generally with a terminal pinna, the pinnae opposite; leaflets opposite or elsewhere sometimes alternate; Stipules. Flowers in terminal and leaf-opposed racemes; pedicels articulated or not; sepals 5, imbricate, the lowest larger and curving up to overlap the other 4; petals 5, subequal except the innermost. Ovary sessile. Fruit pod straight or curved, elastically dehiscent, with stalked, swollen headed glands. Seeds laterally compressed, often with fracture lines. Worldwide: 12 species in southern USA to Chile. Mozambique: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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