Strongly resembles T. villosa subsp. ehrenbergiana except for the ovary and fruit.. Leaflets 7–17, usually 11–13, rarely more than 20 mm. long by 7 mm. wide.. Ovary 1-ovulate with traces of an abortive second ovule.. Pod sessile, or very shortly (0.5 mm.) stipitate, ovate, ± 11 mm. long by 6 mm. wide, 1-seeded, densely white tomentose (straw-coloured at the sutures), perhaps indehiscent; if split and one valve examined by transmitted light the veins which are strong and well marked near the sutures are seen to break up into a thin diffuse network near the centre.
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