return to: checklist; keys, key 4; family Fabaceae subfamily Papilionoideae
Herbaceous
liana, stems twining; leaves alternate, trifoliate, glabrate;
inflorescence axillary, with glands on nodes of the inflorescence
axis; flowers violet, irregular, the keel petals contorted, nearly
forming a ring-like structure; legume fruits elongate.
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