Shrubs, creeping, climbing or almost erect. Stems zigzag, pubescent. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate; stipules small, linear-lanceolate, 2-4 mm, deciduous; petiole 2-4.5 cm, hairy; petiolules short, 1-2 mm; terminal leaflet ovate to ovate-elliptic, 2-5.5 × 1.2-2.5 cm, both surfaces pubescent, with dense sessile glands, basal veins 3, base rounded, apex obtuse or shortly mucronate; lateral leaflets slightly smaller, obliquely ovate. Raceme axillary, slender, 2-4 cm, 2-6-flowered, densely pubescent; bracts small, deciduous; peduncle usually 2-5 mm, hairy. Flower ca. 1 cm. Calyx green, ca. 1 cm, densely pubescent, deeply lobed to base; lobes oblong. Corolla purple to yellow, longer than calyx. Legume obliquely orbicular, inflated, equal or subequal to calyx, apex slightly curved, acute, pubescent, brown and dehiscent when mature. Seed 1, black, transversely elliptic, ca. 3.5 × 3 mm, with succulent strophiole. Fl. Apr-Oct, fr. Oct-Feb. 2n = 22.
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A creeping or climbing shrub. The stems are zigzag and hairy. The leaves have 3 leaflets along the stalk. The end leaflet is oval and 3-5 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. Side leaflets are smaller and oblique. They are hairy. The flower stalks are 2-4 cm long with 2-6 flowers. The flowers are 1 cm across. They are purple to yellow. The pods are round and inflated. There is one black seed. It is 4 mm long by 3 mm wide.
Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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