Shrub or small tree. Stipules present. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets entire, alternate or subopposite, silky-hairy. Flowers bluish-purple in axillary or terminal racemes. Calyx ± 2-lipped. Standard silky outside; wings eared and clawed. Pod linear, coriaceous but never woody, reluctantly dehiscent or indehiscent. Derivation of name: from Latin: mundulus, meaning neat or trim. Worldwide: c. 15 species, all Madagascan, apart from M. sericea in the Old World tropics and South Africa. Zambia: 1 taxon. |
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