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Herbs. Leaves paripinnate, often with ± cup-shaped sessile or stalked glands on petiole and/or rhachis. Flowers in 1-many-flowered racemes; pedicels with 2 bracteoles near or above the middle. Sepals 5. Petals 5, yellow. Stamens (4-5)10, all straight or nearly so. Anthers basifixed, longer than their short filaments. Pods flattened, elastically dehiscent, with twisting valves. Worldwide: c.250 species in the tropics, mostly New World. Botswana: 8 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| absus (L.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby | N,SW,SE | Description, Image |
| biensis (Steyaert) Lock | N,SW,SE | |
| capensis (Thunb.) E. Mey. | ||
| falcinella (Oliv.) Lock var. parviflora (Steyaert) Lock | N | Description, Image |
| fenarolii (Mendonça & Torre) Lock | ||
| mimosoides (L.) Greene | N | Description, Image |
| parva (Steyaert) Lock | ||
| stricta E. Mey. | N | Description, Image |
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