return to: checklist; keys, key 4; family Fabaceae subfamily Caesalpinioideae
Coarse herb or weak shrub; stems and leaves stellate-pubescent; leaves alternate, once-pinnately compound, even-pinnate, with stalked glands between the leaflets; leaflets ovate-elliptic, base rounded, margin entire, apex acute; legume fruit flat, constricted between the seeds (loment-like).
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Listed, as Cassia villosa, as an important source of pollen and/or nectar for bees (Souza Novello 1981).
