Melolobium adenoides Eckl. & Zeyh.

Slightly spiny suffrutex, up to 0.3 m high and 0.5 m wide, with all parts covered with stalked glands. Leaves stipulate; leaflets broadly obovate, (6-)8-12(-14) x 2-4 mm, glandular, apex emarginate; petiole 4-9 mm long; stipules semi cordate to auriculate, 2-5 x 1-2 mm, glandular. Inflorescence terminal, (60-)90-120(-150) mm long; with (5-)11-18(-20) flowers; flowers 6-11 mm long; bracts ovate, 4-5 x 2-3 mm; bracteoles narrowly ovate, 2-3 x 0.5-1.0 mm. Calyx shortly bilabiate, glandular, sparsely hairy; upper lobes acute; upper lip 4-5 mm long, the apices acute, upper sinus 2-3 mm deep; lateral sinus 2.2-3.0 mm deep; lower lobes acute; lower lip 5-6 mm long, the tips acute, lower sinuses 0.5-1.0 mm deep. Corolla yellow; standard suborbicular, 6-8 x 3-4 mm, with a well-developed, channelled claw 3-4 mm long; wing petals oblong, sculptured, 7-8 x 2-3 mm, with a linear claw 2-3 mm long; keel petals shorter than the wing petals, 5-7 x 2-3 mm, with a linear claw 2-3 mm long. Gynoecium narrowly oblong, glandular, hairy. Fruit oblong-lanceolate, 15-18(-30) x 3-4 mm, glandular, hairy, (2-)4-5(-6)-seeded; seeds round, 1.6-2.2 x 1.6-2.0 mm, dark brown to light brown mottled dark brown.