Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Climbing herb. Stipules mostly
reflexed and persistent; stipels lanceolate. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate; Inflorescences axillary, falsely racemose. Calyx 2-lipped, upper lip entire or emarginate, lower 3-lobed. Standard round,
usually reflexed, auriculate with 2 calli or appendages on the inner face. Style distinctly thickened, laterally flattened, hairy on the internal face. Pods oblong-falcate to linear-oblong, tipped by the persistent style. Seeds ovoid, flattened, with a long arillate hilum.
- 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). Lablab Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=779
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings