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Dichrostachys  

 

Armed, pubescent shrub with spurs terminating as thorns. Leaves bipinnate; leafstalk hirsutulous, with a stalked gland between lowermost leaflet pairs or between several pairs; pinnae 6-12(14) pairs; leaflets 16-22 pairs; stipules not seen. Inflorescence(s) axillary, solitary or clustered dangling spikes. Flowers numerous, the upper fertile, yellowish, the lower sterile, pinkish, fading white; calyx shallowly lobed; corolla lobed; androecium of 10 separate stamens. Legume indehiscent, oblong, laterally compressed with undulate margins, contorted at maturity. Seeds few to several. Native of Old World. (ISE)

Plants listed in the manual include:

Dichrostachys cinerea

 

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