Description
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Herbs. Stipules free or joined; stipels present. Leaves 1-foliolate, rarely pinnately 3-foliolate. Inflorescences axillary, terminal or leaf-opposed, falsely racemose or rarely paniculate; the flowers usually paired. Bracts scarious. Calyx glumaceous, appearing 4-lobed, the 2 upper calyx
teeth entirely connate or almost so. Standard variously coloured. Ovary sessile or shortly stalked with several-many ovules.
Pod transversely jointed, subcylindric or somewhat flattened, constricted between the articles or
not.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Alysicarpus Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=747
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Alysicarpus: Brief Summary
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Alysicarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia and Australia. Species are known generally as moneyworts. Unusually for legumes, the leaves are simple (not compound).
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