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Melolobium
Sign in to saveMelolobium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 14 species of small shrubs or perennial herbs native to southern Africa, which are found in southern and eastern Namibia, southwestern Botswana, and most of South Africa.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
General: the southern African genera Melolobium and Dichilus (previously placed
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 41
- With media
- 37
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- NY, GH, A, UTEP, ANSP, MO
- Recorded in
- Gabon, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Guatemala, Israel
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Melolobium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 14 species of small shrubs or perennial herbs native to southern Africa, which are found in southern and eastern Namibia, southwestern Botswana, and most of South Africa.
These plants are perennial herbs and small shrubs. Leaves are often sticky with exudate from small surface glands. Some have spine-tipped branches. The leaves have three leaflets. The inflorescence is a terminal raceme of flowers. The flowers are yellow, sometimes fading orange or purple.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Melolobium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.