Mackinder, B. et al. (2001) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5)
Climbing, prostrate or erect herbs or subshrubs. Stipules truncate, 2-lobed or spurred at the base, sometimes ± peltate; stipels ± persistent, rarely 0. Leaves pinnately (rarely digitately) 3-foliolate or 1-foliolate. Inflorescences axillary. Calyx 5-lobed, 2-lipped, the lower lip 3-lobed. Corolla (in ours) usually blue or purple, sometimes yellow. Style thin below, thickened and usually curved above and usually also hairy above on the inner face. Pods linear, usually terete and not flattened. Worldwide: 80 species throughout the tropics Zambia: 37 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| antunesii Harms | N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| comosa Baker subsp. abercornensis Verdc. [VU] | N | |
| comosa Baker subsp. comosa | W | Image |
| frutescens A. Rich. subsp. frutescens var. frutescens | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| frutescens A.Rich. subsp. frutescens var. buchneri (Harms) Verdc. | N,W,C | |
| haumaniana R.Wilczek | N,W,C | |
| heterophylla A.Rich. | N | |
| juncea Milne-Redh. var. major Milne-Redh. | N,W | |
| juncea Milne-Redh. var. juncea | B,W | |
| kirkii (Baker) Gillett | N | |
| longissima Hutch. | N,W | |
| luteola (Jacq.) Benth. | B,N,C,S | Description, Image |
| monophylla Taub. | N,C,E,S | Description |
| multinervis Hutch. & Dalz. | B,N,W | |
| oblongifolia A. Rich. var. oblongifolia | B,N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| oblongifolia A. Rich. var. parviflora (Baker) Verdc. | B,N,C,S | |
| parkeri Baker subsp. maranguensis (Taub.) Verdc. | N,W,S | |
| phoenix Brummitt | W,(E),S | Description, Image |
| platyloba Welw. ex Hiern | N,E | |
| procera Welw. ex Hiern | W | |
| pygmaea R.E. Fr. | B,N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| racemosa (G. Don) Hutch. & Dalz. | N,W | |
| radiata (L.) R. Wilczek var. sublobata (Roxb.) Verdc. | C | |
| radicans Welw. ex Baker | N,W,E | |
| reticulata Hook. f. | N,W,C,E,S | |
| richardsiae Verdc. | N | |
| subterranea (L.) Verdc. var. subterranea | ||
| triphylla (R.Wilczek) Verdc. | N | |
| unguiculata (L.) Walp. [Agg] | B,N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. dekindtiana (Harms) Verdc. | W | |
| unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. pawekiae Pasquet | N | |
| unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. stenophylla (Harv.) Maréchal, Mascherpa & Stainier | B | |
| unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. tenuis (E. Mey.) Maréchal, Mascherpa & Stainie | N,W,C,S | |
| unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. unguiculata var. spontanea (Schweinf.) Pasquet | B,N,E,S | |
| vexillata (L.) A. Rich. var. angustifolia (Schumach.) Baker | N,E | Description, Image |
| vexillata (L.) A. Rich. var. vexillata | B,N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| vexillata (L.) A.Rich. var. lobatifolia (Baker) Pasquet | B |