Stem: plant height (m) to 1.0; shoot habit erect; shoot indumentum pubescent; wing internode absent. Leaf: stipule form foliaceous/persistent; leaf trifoliolate; petiole long; blade foliar oblanceolate. Inflorescence: number of the flower pauciflorous/multiflorous; raceme lax; raceme position terminal. Flower: bract(s) caducous; bract(s) shape filiform; calyx form subequal/campanulate; corolla colour yellow. Fruit: pod shape oblong; pod colour brown; pod indumentum pubescent. Seed: seed colour yellowish/red.
Caule: planta(s) alt. (m) até 1.0; ramo(s) porte ereto(s); ramo(s) pilosidade pubescente(s); ala(s) internó(s) ausente(s). Folha: estípula(s) forma foliácea(s)/persistente(s); folha(s) trifoliolado(s); pecíolo(s) longo(s); lâmina(s) foliar(es) oblanceolada(s). Inflorescência: número de flor(es) paucifloro(s)/multifloro(s); racemo(s) laxo(s); racemo(s) posição terminal(ais). Flor: bráctea(s) caduca(s); bráctea(s) formato filiforme(s); cálice(s) forma subigual/campanulado(s); corola cor amarela. Fruto: legume(s) formato oblongo(s); legume(s) cor castanho; legume(s) pilosidade pubescente(s). Semente: semente(s) cor amarelada/vermelha.
Tallo: planta(s) alt. (m) hasta 1.0; ramo(s) porte erecto(s); ramo(s) pilosidad pubescente(s); ala(s) internudo(s) ausente(s). Hoja: estípula(s) forma foliacea(s)/persistente(s); hoja(s) trifoliolado(s); pecíolo(s) largo(s); lámina(s) foliar(es) oblanceolada(s). Inflorescencia: número de flor(es) paucifloro(s)/multifloro(s); racimo(s) laxo(s); racimo(s) posición terminal(es). Flor: bractea(s) caduca(s); bractea(s) forma filiforme(s); cáliz forma subigual/campanulada(s); corola color amarilla. Fruto: legume(s) forma oblongo(s); legume(s) color marron; legume(s) pilosidad pubescente(s). Semilla: semilla(s) color amarillenta/roja.
Flowers yellow, turning reddish
Stems herbaceous, woody below, or an undershrub to 5 ft. high, with a woody taproot
Erect or rather spreading annual or short-lived perennial, up to 6–26 dm. tall, simple to much branched.
Leaves 3–foliolate; leaflets variable, narrowly oblaneeolate-oblong to obovate, up to 35–85 mm. long, 8–25 mm. wide, glabrous or sparsely appressed pubescent above, thinly appressed pubescent beneath; petiole up to 35–65 mm. long.
Stem ribbed, densely pubescent, with appressed or usually mostly slightly spreading hairs.
Racemes 4–24 cm. long, with many flowers crowded at least towards the top; bracts subulate or filiform, 3–4 mm. long, early caducous; bracteoles inserted on the pedicel, filiform, 1–1·5 mm. long, caducous.
Stipules oblong-falcate, 9–25 mm. long, 3–7 mm. wide, acuminate, very unequal-sided.
Pod subsessile, oblong-ellipsoid, 15–20 mm. long, 7–9 mm. across, thinly pubescent with appressed or slightly spreading hairs, often mottled brown or purplish, 12–16-seeded.
Standard ovate, yellow, veined or suffused with orange, brown or purple, glabrous outside; wings oblong, a little shorter than the keel; keel bent at right-angles in the lower half, with a well-developed straight untwisted beak, 8·5–10(–11·5) mm. long, conspicuously white lanate-pubescent on the lateral surfaces towards the upper margin.
Calyx 4–5 mm. long, appressed or rather spreading pubescent especially on the lobes; lobes subulate-triangular, ± as long as the tube.
Seeds oblong-reniform, ± 4 mm. long, with a small aril, minutely granulate, sometimes radially veined, yellow, usually tinged orange or red.
Standard ovate, yellow, veined or suffused with orange, brown or purple, glabrous outside; wings a little shorter than the keel; keel 8.5–10(11.5) mm long, angled in the lower half, with a straight beak, lanate towards the upper edge.
Pod (1.2)1.5–2 × 0.7–0.9 cm, subsessile, oblong-ellipsoid, pubescent, 12–16-seeded.
Calyx 4–5 mm long, pubescent; lobes subulate-triangular, ± as long as the tube.
Seeds c. 4 mm long, oblong-reniform, with a small aril, minutely granulate, sometimes radially veined, yellow, usually tinged orange or red.
Annual or short-lived perennial of rather varied habit, 0.3–2.6 m tall; branches densely pubescent with appressed to slightly spreading hairs.
Racemes 4–24 cm long, with many flowers crowded at least towards the top; bracts 3–4 mm long, subulate or filiform, early caducous.
Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets variable, 2.5–8.5 × 0.8–2.5 cm, linear-oblanceolate to lanceolate, oblong-elliptic or obovate, appressed pubescent at least beneath; petioles mostly 3.5–6.5 cm long; stipules 9–25 × 3–7 mm, oblong-falcate, acuminate, very unequal-sided.
Herbe' à suffrutex dressé ou étalé, ramifié, de 0,20-2 m de haut; tige et rameaux côtelés-striés, tomenteux à pubescents, à poils ± soyeux et étalés.' Feuilles' 3-foliolées; stipules semilunaires, lancéolées ou subelliptiques-falciformes, longuement et étroitement acuminées, asymétriques, de 0,6-2 cm de long et de 0,2-0,5 cm de large, ± pubescentes sur les 2 faces, persistantes; pétiole de 1-7 cm de long, canaliculé, pubescent; folioles à pétiolule de ± 1 mm de long; limbe oblancéolé, linéaire-lancéolé, obovale, aigu-cunéé à la base, arrondi-mucronulé au sommet, de 1,5-7 cm de long et de 0,3-2 cm de large, éparsement pubescent à glabre en dessus, ± apprimé-pubescent en dessous.' Racèmes' terminaux, robustes, pauci- à pluriflores, tomenteux; bractées lancéolées, de ± 3 mm de long, rapidement caduques.' Fleurs' jaune orange, de 1-1,4 cm de long et de ± 0,8 cm de large; pédicelle de ± 3 mm de long, tomenteux; bractéoles situées au sommet du pédicelle, linéaires-filiformes, de ± 3 mm de long, rapidement caduques; calice plus court que la corolle, pubescent, à tube de 2 mm de long, les 4 lobes supérieurs adhérents deux par deux au sommet, triangulaires, aigus, de 3 mm de long; étendard égalant ± la carène, ovale, de 10-12 mm de long et de 9-12 mm de large, glabre et papilleux, à appendices peu apparents, à onglet de 2 mm de long à bords pubescents; ailes égalant ± la carène, oblongues, de 11 mm de long et de 4 mm de large, papilleuses; carène à onglet de 2-3 mm de long, glabre, genouillée-dressée, rostrée, de 9-11 mm de long et de ± 4 mm de large, à bords et partie ventrale tomenteux jusqu'au sommet et bords dorsaux pubescents à la base; rostre non tordu, à sommet droit; étamines à gouttière de 4-5 mm de long; filets de 3-6 mm de long; petites anthères de ± 0,3 mm de long, les grandes de 1,5-2 mm de long; ovaire subsessile, oblong-ellipsoïde, de 4-5 mm de long, densément pubérulent; style genouillé-courbé, de 8-11 mm de long; ovules 15-18.' Gousses' sessiles, oblongues-ovoïdes, de 1,5-2 cm de long et de 0,7-1 cm de large, pubescentes.' Graines ± 12, de ± 2 mm de diam.
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De la Sénégambie à l'Angola et de l'Abyssinie à la Rhodésie
