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Stamens 10, all fertile, in 2 whorls of 5, of two lengths; anthers dorsifixed, dehiscing by longitudinal slits.
Pods stipitate, oblong-reniform, dehiscent, the valves thinly textured and not twisting, 1–10-seeded.
Petals 5, yellow, ± marked red, subsimilar, long clawed, the adaxial one slightly modified.
Flowers in elongate racemes or 1–several on spur shoots, with bracts and paired bracteoles.
Seeds compressed, ovate in outline, slightly produced to the small subapical hilum.
Erect to prostrate shrubs or small trees, sometimes with stalked glands.
Ovary long stipitate; style elongate; stigma small.
Calyx with 5 relatively short lobes.
Hypanthium obconic to cupular.
Tendrils absent.
