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Brummitt, R.K., Harder, D.K., Lewis, G.P., Lock, J.M., Polhill, R.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2007) Leguminosae Subfamily Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(3)
Annual herbs. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets 3–7 or rarely single, with entire or toothed margins. Flowers small in axillary racemes. Calyx broad, oblique, the lowest tooth longest; standard glabrous, markedly veined; keel somewhat pouched or shortly spurred at the sides. Fruit a pod, flat, dehiscent, erect, longitudinally ridged, several-seeded, with septa between the seeds, ending in a pronounced beak. Seeds flattened, minutely tuberculate. Worldwide: Three species in tropical Africa and India. Botswana: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| senegalensis Guill. & Perr. | N | |
| serrata Schinz | N,SW,SE |
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