Stems covered, especially densely so above, with spreading reddish-brown, bristly, eglandular hairs 2–4 mm. long. Leaves trifoliolate, the leaflets broadly elliptic and rounded or very obtuse at both ends, up to 5–5.5 × 4 cm., subglabrous and green above, whitish- or yellowish-grey-tomentose beneath, acutely but ± minutely serrated. Inflorescence shortly cylindrical. Calyx 5–6 mm. long; lobes ± obtusely ovate, 3–4 mm. long. Petals yellow, exceeding the sepals.
Range
DISTR. T6 a native of India and Ceylon, introduced here and there in Africa.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Morogoro District Mzumbi, May 1954, Semsei 1712!
Notes
This species is readily distinguished from native species of our area by the dense covering of bristly, reddish-brown eglandular hairs on the upper stems.
