Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Annual or perennial herbs,climbing, prostrate or erect. Stipules and stipels present. Leaves (1-)3-foliolate; Flowers axillary, fasciculate or in false racemes.
Calyx 4-5-lobed, the 2 upper lobes joined to form an entire or
2-fid lip. Corolla yellow or whitish-greenish-yellow, sometimes
marked with a little reddish-purple, glabrous; standard with 2 long linear lamelliform appendages. Stigma with a terminal ring of hairs. Ovary 3-13-ovulate. Pods straight or curved, flattened.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Macrotyloma Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=782
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
