Shrubs or small trees. Stipules persistent; stipels 0. Leaves often fasciculate on short shoots, imparipinnate. Leaflets alternate or subopposite, entire. Flowers in axillary racemes or solitary. Bracts persistent. Bracteoles persistent, opposite. Calyx 5-lobed, the upper lobes partly fused. Pod consists of 1-6 indehiscent articles. Derivation of name: from Greek: ormos meaning a necklace and carpos a fruit, referring to the constrictions between the seeds. Worldwide: 20 species in tropical and warm Old World Zambia: 3 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| kirkii S. Moore | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| sennoides (Willd.) DC. subsp. hispidum (Willd.) Brenan & J.Léonard | W | |
| zambesianum Verdc. | Description, Image |