3910.020 Macrotyloma (Wight & Arn.) Verdc.

Mackinder, B. et al. (2001) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5)

Description of the genus

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.

Worldwide: 24 species in tropical Africa, Madagascar, Mascarenes and the Indian subcontinent.

Caprivi: 10 cultivated taxa.

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Species	Content
africanum (R. Wilczek) Verdc.
axillare (E.Mey.) Verdc.[Agg]
densiflorum (Welw. ex Baker) Verdc.[Agg]
ellipticum (R.E. Fr.) Verdc.
maranguense (Taub.) Verdc.
oliganthum (Brenan) Verdc.
stenophyllum (Harms) Verdc.
stipulosum (Welw. ex Baker) Verdc.	Image
tenuiflorum (Micheli) Verdc.
uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc.[Agg]

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