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Herbs. Leaves paripinnate, often with ± cup-shaped sessile or stalked glands on petiole and/or rhachis. Flowers in 1-many-flowered racemes; pedicels with 2 bracteoles near or above the middle. Sepals 5. Petals 5, yellow. Stamens (4-5)10, all straight or nearly so. Anthers basifixed, longer than their short filaments. Pods flattened, elastically dehiscent, with twisting valves. Worldwide: c.250 species in the tropics, mostly New World. Malawi: 14 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| absus (L.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| comosa E. Mey. | C,S | |
| gracilior (Ghesq.) Lock | N,C,S | |
| grantii (Oliv.) Standl. | N,C | |
| katangensis (Ghesq.) Lock var. nuda (Steyaert) Lock | N | |
| katangensis (Ghesq.) Lock var. katangensis | N | |
| kirkii (Oliv.) Standl. var. guineensis (Steyaert) Lock | S | |
| kirkii (Oliv.) Standl. var. kirkii | N,S | |
| mimosoides (L.) Greene | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| parva (Steyaert) Lock | N,C,S | |
| polytricha (Brenan) Lock var. polytricha | C,S | Description, Image |
| polytricha (Brenan) Lock var. pauciflora Brenan | S | |
| stricta E. Mey. | C,S | Description, Image |
| wittei (Ghesq.) Lock | N,C,S |
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