Description
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Erect perennial herbs or subshrubs. Stipules and stipels persistent, acuminate. Leaves pinnate, with (1-)3-9 leaflets; leaflets relatively large. Inflorescences of terminal bracteate, spike-like racemes. Calyx 5-lobed; the three lower lobes equal and longer than the upper. Corolla yellowish or purplish. Pod folded like an accordion, hardly exceeding the persistent calyx, constricted between the seeds, the segments inflated.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Uraria Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=748
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Uraria: Brief Summary
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Uraria is a genus of plants in the family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and the tribe Desmodieae.
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