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Melolobium

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Photo: Johannes le Mair.; Meerburgh, Nicolaas, Public domain
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Perennial

About

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.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Melolobium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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