Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs. Hairs basifixed. Leaves usually imparipinnate, rarely palmate or 1-foliolate; leaflets opposite or subopposite, often silky, entire, usually narrowed at base and widest above middle, often with a prominent marginal nerve. Flowers 2 or more together in leaf axils or at the nodes of pseudoracemes, which are sometimes condensed and appearing subcapitate or subumbellate. Calyx 5-lobed, the upper 2 lobes often ± united. Corolla usually reddish-purple; standard pubescent outside. Upper filament lightly attached to others, less often free; other filaments fused for 2/3 to 4/5 of their length. Ovary pubescent, sessile. Pod linear or oblong, ± flattened, beaked, usually dehiscent. Seeds may be longitudinal (long axis parallel to that of pod), transverse or oblique. Aril almost 0 to well-developed. Worldwide: 400 species in warm regions, mostly Africa and Australia Zambia: 57 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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Species | FZ divisions | Content |
acaciifolia Welw. ex Baker | C,E,S | Description, Image |
aequilata Baker | N | Description, Image |
aurantiaca Harms | N | |
bracteolata Guill. & Perr. var. strigulosa Brummitt | N | |
caerulea Baker f. subsp. caerulea | B,C,S | |
cephalantha Welw. ex Baker var. decumbens Welw. ex Baker | B,N,W,C,S | |
chisumpae Brummitt | B | |
coronilloides Welw. ex Baker [LR-lc] | B | |
curvata De Wild. | N,W | |
dasyphylla Baker subsp. amplissima Brummitt | W | |
dasyphylla Welw. ex Baker subsp. dasyphylla | N,W,C | Description, Image |
decora Welw. ex Baker | N,W,C,E,S | |
elata Deflers subsp. heckmanniana (Harms) Brummitt var. heckmanniana | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
elata Deflers subsp. heckmanniana (Harms) Brummitt var. abercornensis Brummitt | N | |
euprepes Brummitt | B,E,S | |
hockii De Wild. subsp. hirsutostylosa (De Wit) J.B.Gillett [NrEnd] | W | Description, Image |
hockii De Wild. subsp. hockii [NrEnd] | N | Description |
interrupta Engl. subsp. elongatiflora J.B. Gillett | E | Image |
kasikiensis Baker f. | N,W | |
kasikiensis Baker f subsp. chinsaliana Brummitt [VU] | Description | |
kindu De Wild. | N,W | |
laxiflora R.E. Fr. | B,N,W,C,S | |
lepida Baker f. subsp. lepida | N,W,C,S | |
lepida Baker f. subsp. nigrescens Brummitt | N | |
linearis (Willd.) Pers. var. linearis | B,N,C,E,S | |
linearis (Willd.) Pers. var. discolor (E. Mey.) Brummitt | N,S | |
linearis (Willd.) Pers. [Agg] | B,N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
longipes Meisn. var. longipes | C,S | |
longipes × reptans | C | |
lupinifolia DC. | B,N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
lurida Sond. | Description, Image | |
malvina Brummitt | N,W,C | |
micrantha J.B. Gillett | N,W,C,S | |
muenzneri Harms subsp. pedalis Brummitt [DD] | E | |
nana Kotschy | N,W | |
noctiflora Bojer ex Baker | S | Description, Image |
paniculata Baker | B,N,W,C,E | |
paradoxa Brummitt | N | |
pumila (Lam.) Pers. | C,E | |
punctata J.B.Gillett subsp. punctata | N | |
punctata J.B.Gillett subsp. redheadii Brummitt | N,W | |
purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. leptostachya (DC.) Brummitt var. delagoensis (H.M.L. Forbes) Brummitt | B | Description |
purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. leptostachya (DC.) Brummitt | B,N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. leptostachya (DC.) Brummitt var. pubescens Baker | B,N,W,C,S | Description |
radicans Welw. ex Baker | B,N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
reptans Baker var. arenicola Brummitt | N | |
reptans Baker var. reptans | C,S | |
rhodesica Baker f. var. rhodesica | B,N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
rhodesica Baker f. var. polystachyoides (Baker f.) Brummitt | S | |
richardsiae J.B.Gillett subsp. erucifera Brummitt [LR-lc] | N,C | |
richardsiae J.B.Gillett subsp. richardsiae [NrEnd] | N | Description, Image |
ringoetii Baker f. | N,W | |
robinsoniana Brummitt [DD] | C | |
stormsii De Wild. var. pilosa Brummitt | N,C | |
stormsii De Wild. var. stormsii | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
vogelii Hook. f. | B,N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
zambiana Brummitt [DD] | N |