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3703.040 Otholobium
Verdcourt, B. (2000) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6)
Description of the genus
Shrub (in ours). Leaves digitately 3-foliolate (in ours); leaflets entire,oblanceolate, densely gland-dotted; apex mucronate. Inflorescences (in ours), dense, subcapitate, ± terminal. Flowers grouped in triplets, each triplet subtended by a bract. Calyx 5-lobed, the lowest longest. Fruit swollen, indehiscent. Worldwide: 36 species in eastern and southern Africa and S America Malawi: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| foliosum (Oliv.) C.H.Stirt. subsp. foliosum | N | Description, Image |
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Wikipedia: Otholobium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Otholobium
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Otholobium
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