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NUMBER 77 FABACEAE 93
49. Standard (top petal) or keel (bottom petals) much larger than
others.
50. Keel the largest petal; pods often with stinging hairs .....
............................ Mucuna
50. Standard the largest petal; pods without stinging hairs.
51. Woody tree or shrub; flower red; pods constricted between
seeds. ...................... Erythrina
51. Herbaceous twiner; pods linear.
52. Flowers blue ................. Centrosemu
52. Flowers yellow ..............
Clitoria falcata
49. Standard and keel k equal.
53. Plants woody.
54. Shrubs ....................... Cajunus
54. Vines ........................ Dwclea
53. Plants herbaceous.
55.
55. Fruits various but not breaking into joints.
Fruit flat, breaking into joints . ........
Desmodium
56. Leaflets resin-dotted beneath; pods 1-2-seeded .....
........................ Rhynchosiu
56. Leaflets not resin-dotted beneath; pods several-manyseeded.
57. Inflorescence to 4 cm long; leaflets to 2 cm wide;
pubescent beneath.
58. Leaflets rounded, sparsely pubescent beneath; calyx
4-lobed; stamens 9 (fertile & united) + 1 (free)
....................... Galactiu
58. Leaflets acute-obtuse, densely pubescent beneath;
calyx 5-lobed, stamens all united, alternately sterile
...................... Teramnus
57. Inflorescence (at maturity) at least 5 cm long; leaflets
rarely