Subshrubs or shrubs. Leaves digitately 3-foliolate; stipules united, amplexicaul, mostly 3-lobed at apex; stipels very minute. Inflorescences racemose, terminal and axillary; bracts narrowly triangular, bracteoles at base of calyx, 2-5-flowered at each node. Calyx campanulate or funnel-shaped, with appressed long hairs and minute uncinate hairs, 5-lobed; lower lobes nearly equal to or longer than upper ones, upper 2 lobes connate, entire or minutely 2-toothed at apex. Corolla red; standard narrowly obovate to obovate, not auriculate; wings narrowly oblong; keel narrowly elliptic, shorter than wings, auriculate, clawed. Stamens diadelphous (9+1). Gynoecium sessile. Legume mostly 2-or occasionally 1-jointed, both sutures deeply indented. Seeds distinctly rim-arillate around hilum.
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