Leaflets 3, elliptic to ovate, the terminal leaflet 15 - 46 x 10 - 40 mm, rounded at the base; Stipules acicular, 3 - 4 mm long; Calyx cylindrical, inflated above, c. 5 mm long, truncate and oblique with a slightly sinuous margin, with sparse short brownish hairs; Pods oblong, flattened between the seeds, 20 - 25 x 6 - 7 mm, constricted especially around aborted seeds, shortly beaked, densely convered in short yellowish appressed hairs, splitting into 2 valves.
1 000 - 1 800 m
David Du Puy & al. 2002.- The Leguminosae of Madagascar. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Taxonomy:family | Fabaceae |
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Flowering month | April, December, February, January, March |
Vegetation | Humid forest, Inselbergs, Plateau grassland-wooded grassland mosaic |
Plant growth form | Forb or herb |
Color | yellow |