Mackinder, B. et al. (2001) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5)
Annual or perennial herbs,climbing, prostrate or erect. Stipules and stipels present. Leaves (1-)3-foliolate; Flowers axillary, fasciculate or in false racemes. Calyx 4-5-lobed, the 2 upper lobes joined to form an entire or 2-fid lip. Corolla yellow or whitish-greenish-yellow, sometimes marked with a little reddish-purple, glabrous; standard with 2 long linear lamelliform appendages. Stigma with a terminal ring of hairs. Ovary 3-13-ovulate. Pods straight or curved, flattened. Worldwide: 24 species in tropical Africa, Madagascar, Mascarenes and the Indian subcontinent. Malawi: 14 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| africanum (R. Wilczek) Verdc. | N,C,S | |
| axillare (E. Mey.) Verdc. var. axillare | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| axillare (E. Mey.) Verdc. var. glabrum (E. Mey.) Verdc. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| axillare (E. Mey.) Verdc. var. macranthum (Brenan) Verdc. | N,C,S | |
| daltonii (Webb) Verdc. | N,S | Description, Image |
| densiflorum (Welw. ex Baker) Verdc. var. densiflorum | N,C | Description, Image |
| densiflorum (Welw. ex Baker) Verdc. var. longicalyx Verdc. | N | |
| dewildemannianum (Wilczek) Verdc. | N,C | |
| ellipticum (R.E. Fr.) Verdc. | N,C | Description, Image |
| fimbriatum (Harms) Verdc. | N,C,S | Image |
| oliganthum (Brenan) Verdc. | N,C,S | |
| prostratum Verdc. | N | |
| rupestre (Welw. ex Baker) Verdc. | N,C | |
| stipulosum (Welw. ex Baker) Verdc. | N,C | Image |