Stems striate, densely strigose, whitish, becoming woody. Leaves with 3 - 9 paired leaflets; petiole long and slender; leaflets elliptic to narrowly oblong elliptic, 5 - 15 x 3 - 9 mm, strigose and grey-green on both surfaces. Flowers c. 6 mm long; Calyx c.3 mm long; teeth narrow, subulate, longer than the tube. Pods deflexed, slender, linear-cylindrical, (7-) 20 - 40 mm long.
Up to 500 m
I. trita var. subulata ressembles I. tenuipes, both having leaves with 3 grey-green leaflets and long petioles. I. tenuipes has much shorter racemes with fewer flowers and shorter, not constricted pods.
Leaves trifoliate...............................................................var. subulata
Leaves with 5 or more (to 9) leaflets...............................var. scabra
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, May |
Vegetation | South western dry spiny forest thicket |
Plant growth form | Forb or herb, Shrub - small |
Color | pink |