Plants ferruginous; stems creeping or twining; leaflets trifoliolate, usually ovate-elliptic, base cuneate, apex usually acute, lateral leaflets oblique; peduncles as thick as, or thinner than stems; calyx lobes usually longer than tube, approx. 9 mm, tube approx. 4-5 mm; standard 20-27 x 20-35 mm; legumes up to 100 mm long, approx. 18-seeded; seeds dark red-brown to black, 4 mm x 2-2.5 mm, aril narrow. A white-flowered form slightly streaked with mauve, was collected 11 km from Pietermaritzburg on the Greytown road, alongside a dam.
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