Description
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Herbs, with (in ours) trailing, prostrate stems. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate. Inflorescences axillary, of false racemes. Keel incurved; wings round, large, longer than standard and keel. Style with upper part thickened
and characteristically abruptly curved through 90° just above its junction with the tenuous part and narrowed and slightly
curved towards the apex, resembling a squarish hook. Pod linear.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Macroptilium Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=775
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Macroptilium: Brief Summary
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Macroptilium is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
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