Rafnia ovata E.Mey.

Erect, robust suffrutex, stems not much-branched, up to 1.2 m high. Leaves broadly elliptic or broadly obovate or ovate or round, penninerved; apex acuminate; leaves on flowering branches 35-60(-63) x (11-)17-37 mm; basal leaves 52-118 x (28-)40-92 mm. Inflorescences single-flowered or rarely 2-4-flowered, sometimes pedunculate. Flowers large, 17-22 mm long. Pedicel 3-5 mm long. Bract ± 1 mm long. Bracteoles ± 0.5 mm long. Calyx lobes triangular, shorter than tube, 3-5 mm long; upper lobes broader than the others; carinal lobe sometimes slightly shorter than the others; upper sinus much deeper than the others; tube with a ridge between the upper lobes, 3-6 mm long. Standard ovate or broadly elliptic or suborbicular, 16-20 x (16-)21-23 mm, often with basal callosities; claw 3-4 mm long. Wings oblong to oblong-elliptic, 15-19 x 8-10 mm, with 7-9 rows of sculpturing; apex obtuse; claw 4-6 mm long, Keel sometimes ± strongly upcurved, (11-)14-16 x 7-8 mm; claw 5-7 mm long. Pistil with the ovary oblong to narrowly ovate; style shorter than the ovary, strongly upcurved; ovules many (up to 7). Pods obliquely lanceolate, 37-44(-52) x 10-13 mm, short-stipitate; stipe 10-16 mm long; upper margin slightly convex, broadly winged; wing ± 2 mm wide; lower margin straight, proximally convex, upcurved into stipe. Seeds broadly oblong-reniform, 5-6 x 3-4 mm; testa rough.