Melolobium aethiopicum (L.) Druce

Ascending suffrutex, 0.2-0.7 m high, without spines. Leaves stipulate, leaflets oblanceolate to obovate, (6-)10-14 x 2-4 mm, pubescent, apex mucronate; petiole 5-7(-10) mm long, stipules semi-cordate to auriculate, 4-5(-10) x 1-3(-4) mm, pubescent. Inflorescence terminal, (70-)90-150(-170) mm long, with (10-)14-20(-25) flowers, flowers 10 mm long; bracts ovate-lanceolate to cordate, 3-4 x 1-2 mm; bracteoles narrowly ovate, 4-5 x 0.5-1.0 mm. Calyx shortly bilabiate, densely pubescent; upper lobes acute; upper lip 6-7 mm long, the apices acute, upper sinus 3-4 mm deep; lateral sinus 2-4 mm deep; lower lobes acute; lower lip 67 mm long; the apices acute, lower sinuses 1-2 mm deep. Corolla yellow; standard suborbicular, 8-10 x 6-7 mm, with a well-developed, channelled claw 2-3 mm long; wing petals oblong, sculptured, 6-9 x 2-3 mm, with a linear claw 2-3 mm long; keel petals shorter than the wing petals, 5-6 x 2-3 mm, hairy, with a linear claw 2-3 mm long. Gynoecium narrowly oblong, pubescent. Fruit oblong, straight to somewhat falcate, 20-26(-30) x 2-4 mm, hairy, 4-6-seeded; seeds transversely oblong to round, 2.3-3.0 x 2.3-3.0 mm, light brown to dark brown or light brown mottled dark brown.