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Leguminosae
Description
Half-woody, erect, hairy under-shrub growing to 1 to 2 m high;
branches densely brown, pubescent. Leaves large, ovate or rhomboid, rounded
to acute at the apex: up to 15 cm long and 8 cm broad, tomentose on both
surfaces. Flowers pink or purplish, small in dense sessile racemes. Pod
about 1.8 cm long, densely hairy, deeply indented on one side (Andrews,
1952).
Distribution
Occurs in the southern Sudan and is being tested in Maracay,
Venezuela.
Characteristics
Adapted to high rainfall areas (up to 3 000 mm annually). Regarded
as a browse plant.
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