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. DRC: 8 taxa. |
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| absus (L.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby | Description, Image | |
| falcinella (Oliv.) Lock var. parviflora (Steyaert) Lock | Description, Image | |
| falcinella (Oliv.) Lock var. falcinella | ||
| kirkii (Oliv.) Standl. var. kirkii | ||
| kirkii (Oliv.) Standl. var. guineensis (Steyaert) Lock | ||
| mimosoides (L.) Greene | Description, Image | |
| stricta E. Mey. | Description, Image | |
| wittei (Ghesq.) Lock |