Colophospermum J.Léonard

Genus

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae

Characteristics

Leaves petiolate, with a single pair of leaflets, the basal pulvinus of each being contiguous with the opposite one across the top of the petiole, with a small appendage at the petiole apex; leaflets with c.8–12 main veins and no midrib, with numerous pellucid glands; stipules small, caducous.
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Fruit compressed, asymmetric, rounded at apex, with attachment of the style evident on upper margin, glandular, 1-seeded, indehiscent.
Inflorescence of axillary racemes, these sometimes aggregating into a panicle at branch ends; bracteoles absent.
Seeds compressed, narrowly winged, deeply corrugated and glandular on surface.
Stamens c.20–25, free; anthers dorsifixed, dehiscing by longitudinal slits.
Medium to large tree or sometimes a shrub, deciduous, unarmed.
Ovary compressed, with style attached on upper margin.
Sepals 4, 2 outer overlapping, 2 inner.
Hypanthium absent.
Petals absent.
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Images

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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:22064-1
WFO ID wfo-4000008972
COL ID 3SJ8
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Synonyms

Colophospermum

Lower taxons

Colophospermum mopane Colophospermum mopane