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Nissolia fruticosa Jacq.

Woody liana; leaves alternate, once-pinnately compound, odd-pinnate; leaflets 5, elliptic, base rounded, margin entire, apex obtuse; inflorescence one or more racemes formed at the ends of the branchlets; fruit a several-seeded samara.

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