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Information an erect spiny shrub, with spreading branchlets; leaves pinnate, 4–6 lin. long, solitary or fascicled; common petiole 1/2–1 lin. long, slender; rhachis winged; leaflets 5–9, very shortly stalked; blade elliptic or obovate, 1 1/4–3 lin. long, 3/4–1 1/2 lin. broad, puberulous or subglabrous; flowers fascicled on cushions below the branchlets; pedicels 1–2 lin. long; calyx campanulate, subglabrous; tube 1 1/2–2 lin. long; lobes 1/2 lin. long, roughly triangular with a pilose mucro; corolla yellow, glabrous; tube 5–6 lin. long, campanulate above, lower cylindric portion exceeding the calyx; limb 3/4 in. across; lobes orbicular, 3 1/2 lin. in diam., crenulate; stamens inserted 4–4 1/2 lin. above the base of the corolla-tube; filaments 2 lin. long; anthers exserted, 2 1/2–3 lin. long, beaked above; ovary 1 lin. long; capsule elliptic-oblong, 1 3/4 in. long, 5 1/2 lin. broad, beak 1 1/2 lin. long; nucleus of seed elliptic; hyaline wing 1–1 1/2 lin. broad. null

Information An erect spiny shrub. Branchlets spreading. Leaves pinnate, 4–6 lin. long, solitary or fascicled on small, nearly glabrous cushions; common petiole 1/2–1 lin. long, slender; rhachis winged; leaflets 5–9, very shortly stalked, elliptic or obovate, 1 1/4–3 lin. long, 3/4–1 1/2 lin. broad, puberulous or subglabrous. Flowers fascicled on the leaf-cushions. Pedicels 1–2 lin. long. Calyx campanulate, subglabrous; tube 1 1/2–2 lin. long; lobes 1/2 lin. long, roughly triangular, pilose at the apex. Corolla yellow, glabrous; tube campanulate-funnel-shaped, 5–6 lin. long; lower cylindric portion 2–2 1/2 lin. long, exceeding the calyx; limb 3/4 in. across; lobes orbicular, 3 1/2 lin. in diam., crenulate. Stamens inserted 3 1/2–4 1/2 lin. above the base of the corolla-tube; filaments 2 lin. long; anthers exserted, 2–3 lin. long, slightly apiculate. Ovary 3/4–1 lin. long. Capsule elliptic-oblong, 1 3/4 in. long, 5 1/2 lin. broad, beak 1 1/2 lin. long. Nucleus of seed elliptic; hyaline wing 1–1 1/2 lin. broad.

Information Spiny shrub or small tree up to 4 m. tall (reaching 7 m. outside Flora Zambesiaca area), with rigid spreading branches with smooth greyish-brown bark, with shallow longitudinal ridges. Leaves 13–40 mm. long, (2) 3–5-jugate, very rarely 1-jugate, solitary or clustered in small almost glabrous cushions situated below the spines; petiole 4–9 mm. long; rhachis winged; leaflets 5–9 (14) × 3–4.5(6) mm., ovate, obovate, elliptic or rounded, sometimes emarginate at the apex, narrowly tapering or broadly acute at the base, margins entire, sessile. Flowers solitary or clustered on the cushions; pedicels 2–5 mm. long. Calyx 3–5 mm. long, subglabrous, 5-lobed, usually pilose at the apex. Corolla golden-yellow, with the tube 10–17 mm. long, glabrous lower cylindrical part slightly exceeding the calyx; lobes 8–13 mm., subcircular, crenulate, margin ciliate, puberulous on the inner surface at the sinuses, becoming glabrous at last. Stamens adnate up to c. 8 mm. from the base of the corolla tube; filaments c.5 mm. long; anthers 4–5.5 mm. long, slightly apiculate, exerted from the corolla tube. Ovary c. 2mm. long; style 11–17 mm. long. Capsule 3.5–8 × 1.2–2 cm. beaked, pale brown. Seeds 1–1.3 × 1.7–2.2 cm., including the wings.