Melolobium exudans Harv.

Unarmed suffrutex. Leaves stipulate, leaflets obovate to cuneate, (7-8)12-18(-25) x (2-)3-4(-6) mm, almost shiny, with sessile glands, glabrescent, apex retuse to mucronate; petiole (5-6)7-10(-14) mm long; stipules semi-cordate to auriculate, (3-)5-7 x (1-)2-3 mm. Inflorescence terminal, (40-)70-100(-140) mm long, with (9-)13-18(-20) flowers, flowers (7-)10-12 mm long; bracts ovate-lanceolate, glandular, (2-)5-6 x (1-)2-4 mm; bracteoles narrowly ovate to lanceolate, glandular, 4-6 x 1-2 mm. Calyx shortly bilabiate, glandular, sparsely hairy; upper lobes acute; upper lip (4-)6-8 mm long, the apices obtuse, upper sinus 4.0-5.5 mm deep; lateral sinus 3-4 mm deep; lower lobes acute; lower lip (5-)7-9 mm long, the apices obtuse; lower sinuses 1-2 mm deep. Corolla yellow; standard suborbicular, (7-)10-12 x (5-)6-7 mm, dorsal side glandular, with a well-developed, channelled claw 3-4 mm long; wing petals oblong, sculptured, 7-9 x 2-3 mm, with a linear claw 3-4 mm long; keel petals shorter than the wing petals, 6-7 x 2-3 mm, with a linear claw 3-4 mm long. Gynoecium narrowly oblong, glandular, hairy, 3-4-ovuled. Fruit narrowly oblong, straight to somewhat falcate, (10-)15-20 x (2-)3-4 mm, glandular, hairy, 3-4-seeded; round, 2.0-2.3 x ±2 mm, pale brown.