Mackinder, B. et al. (2001) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5)
Herbs or weak subshrubs, erect or ± trailing. Stems covered with long white hairs. Leaves 1-foliolate or pinnately 3-foliolate; stipules and usually stipels present. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, racemose or condensed and paniculate; bracts mostly persistent. Calyx 5-lobed, the upper pair ± joined; corolla small, scarcely exceeding the calyx; standard obovate-oblong, hairy. Ovary 2-ovuled, velvety. Fruit pod, oblong-ovoid, compressed, densely villous. Seeds oblong; hilum small and central; funicle dilated at the apex. Worldwide: Five species in tropical Africa. Zambia: 4 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| andongense (Welw. ex Baker) Hauman | W,S | |
| borianii (Schweinf.) Hauman subsp. borianii | C,S | |
| homblei (De Wild.) Hauman | W | |
| longipes (Harms) Hauman | N,E |