LEGUMINOSAE (PAPILIONACEAE)

 

Leaves alternate, pinnate. Flowers irregular, racemose. Calyx 5 lobed, 2 lipped. Corolla papilionaceous. Petals 5 dissimilar. Rear petal (standard) large, erect, orbicular, veined. Lateral 2 petals (wings) smaller, symmetrical, spreading, Lower 2 petals (Keel) adhering together, enveloping stamens and style. Stamens 10, style long, anthers and stigma exserted from the keel. Fruit a pod, 1 or many seeded.

 

 

 

1

 

ALYSICARPUS Neeck ex Desv.

 

 

 

 

2

 

CLITORIA L.

 

 

 

 

3

 

CROTALARIA L.

 

 

 

 

4

 

FLEMINGIA Roxb. Ex W. Ait & W.T.Ait.

 

 

 

 

5

 

SMITHIA Ait

 

 

 

 

6

 

NESPHOSTYLIS (SPENOSTYLIS)

 

 

 

 

7

 

VIGNA Savi