Flora of Zambia: Cultivated plants
3892.000 Cajanus
Mackinder, B. et al. (2001) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5)
Description of the genus
Shrub (in ours). Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, covered with small yellow glands beneath. Infl a terminal panicle with many numerous short axillary racemes. Calyx 5-lobed, the upper lobes fused to form a 2-fid lip. Corolla yellow. Ovary with 3-8 ovules. Pod grooved between the seeds, somewhat inflated, with a long apical bristle. Worldwide: 32 species in the Old World Zambia: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CajanusBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cajanus
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