3810.000 Alysicarpus Desv.

Verdcourt, B. (2000) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6)

Description of the genus

Herbs. Stipules free or joined; stipels present. Leaves 1-foliolate, rarely pinnately 3-foliolate. Inflorescences axillary, terminal or leaf-opposed, falsely racemose or rarely paniculate; the flowers usually paired. Bracts scarious. Calyx glumaceous, appearing 4-lobed, the 2 upper calyx teeth entirely connate or almost so. Standard variously coloured. Ovary sessile or shortly stalked with several-many ovules. Pod transversely jointed, subcylindric or somewhat flattened, constricted between the articles or not.

Worldwide: 25 species in the Old World tropics

Caprivi: 4 cultivated taxa.

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Species	Content
glumaceus (Vahl) DC.[Agg]
rugosus (Willd.) DC.[Agg]
rugosus (Willd.) DC. subsp. perennirufus J. Léonard	Description, Image
zeyheri Harv.	Description, Image

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