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S Florida and urban California. Cult, ornamental but not common. All year. Old World tropics, introduced and apparently naturalized in the Antilles.

Pubescent to glabrous evergreen shrub. Leaves simple, suborbicular in outline, 2-8 cm, .9-1.1 r, cleft 1/3-2/3 with rounded lobes, basally obtuse; blade pubescent to glabrate beneath. Stipules filiform, sometimes persistent and conspicuous. Flowers 1-2 in small racemes amid leaves, pendent. Pedicel-hypanthium 1-2.5 cm; calyx broadly spathiform, 2-toothed at apex, 1-2.5 cm, cleft in one line; petals yellow to cream or pale ochroleucous, one often with a conspicuous dark spot at base, fading dull purple to pink, broadly obovate and scarcely clawed, 1.5-6 cm, strongly overlapping; stamens 10; ovary tomentose; stigma large. Legume shortly stipitate, oblong, flat, 7-12 cm long, 1-1.5 cm wide; valves coriaceous, strongly margined, initially or permanently pubescent.

Arbuste' de 2-8 m de haut; ramilles éparsement pubérulentes à glabres, grisâtres et lenticellées.' Feuilles' munies de 2 stipules filiformes atteignant 9 mm de long et caduques; pétiole grêle, de 1-4,5 cm de long; limbe suborbiculaire à oblong, arrondi à cordé à la base, ± profondément bilobé au sommet, de 3,5-9,5 cm de long et de 4-11 cm de large, papy-racé, glabre au-dessus, pubescent à glabrescent en dessous; lobes atteignant de 1/3-1/2 du limbe, arrondis au sommet; nervures basales 7(9); réticulation peu distincte sur les deux faces. Corymbes atteignant 7 cm de long, axillaires, éparsement pubérulentes à glabres, souvent fleurs géminées; bractées lancéolées, de ± 5 mm de long, caduques.' Fleurs' jaune rougeâtre, pubérulentes à glabres; pédicelle de ± 2 cm de long; réceptacle campanulé, de 0,3-0,6 cm de long, glabre à l'intérieur; disque 5-denté; sépales réunis en un calice spathacé, de 1,5-2,5 cm de long, longtemps persistant; pétales jaunâtres, obovales à suborbiculaires, subsessiles à courtement onguiculés, de 3-5 cm de long et de 3-4,5 cm de large, glabres, à nervation peu distincte; étamines 10, didynames; filets filiformes, de 1,5-3 cm de long, à base élargie pubescente; anthères linéaires, oblongues, de 4-5 mm de long; stipe atteignant 5 mm de long, soudé latéralement au réceptacle; ovaire allongé, aplati, de 1,2-2 cm de long, tomenteux; style cylindrique, de ± 1 cm de long, pubérulent à glabre; stigmate capité; ovules nombreux, sur 2 rangs.' Gousses' linéaires, aplaties, atténuées à la base, arrondies, acuminées à apiculées au sommet, de 10-16 cm de long et de 1-1,3 cm de large, tomentelleuses à glabrescentes; stipe de 0,6-1 cm de long.' Graines' oblongues à suborbiculaires, aplaties, de 5-7 mm de long et de ± 5 mm de diam., noirâtres, lisses, albuminées.' Plantule éparsement pubescente; cotylédons épigés, obovales-orbiculaires, atténués à la base, foliacés, 5-nervés; feuilles simples, profondément émarginées, palminerves (Kessler 1037).

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Originating from tropical Asia; cultivated all over the tropics.

Erect shrub up to 3 m high; branches brownish pubescent. Leaves subrotundate, broader than long, 4–8 cm in diam, 7–9-nerved; bifid to ⅓–½ with broad sinus, tip of lobes rounded; base truncate to slightly cordate; upper surface glabrous, lower brownish pubescent. Stipules linear, ca 1 cm long. Petioles pubescent, 1–3 cm. Racemes lateral, short, few-flowered. Pedicels ca 1 cm. Bracts subulate, ca 5 mm long; bracteoles similar. Buds fusiform, puberulous, ca 2 cm long (inc1uding receptacle). Receptacle campanulate, ca 5 mm long. Calyx spathaceous. Petals yellow, broadly obovate, 4–5 cm long, short-clawed. Stamens 10 fertile, unequal; flaments 1–2 cm long, pubescent at base; anthers 2–3 mm long. Ovary shortly stipitate, tomentose; style glabrous towards the peltate stigma. Pods dehiscent, velvety, linear, 7–15 by 1–1.5 cm. Seeds ca 5, flat, ca 1 cm diam.

Stem: shoot . Leaf: blade ; base ; apex ; side upper ; side lower . Flower: flower-bud ; hypanthium ; calyx ; petal ; anther ; column staminal ; ovary . Fruit: pod . Tallo: ramo(s) . Hoja: lámina(s) ; base ; ápice(s) ; face(s) superior(es) ; face(s) inferior(es) . Flor: botón-floral ; hipanto ; cáliz ; pétala(s) ; antera(s) ; columna(s) estaminal(ales) ; ovario(s) . Fruto: legume(s) . Caule: ramo(s) . Folha: lâmina(s) ; base ; ápice(s) ; face(s) superior(es) ; face(s) inferior(es) . Flor: botão-floral ; hipanto ; cálice(s) ; pétala(s) ; antera(s) ; coluna(s) estaminal(ais) ; ovário(s) . Fruto: legume(s) . Tallo: ramo(s) . Hoja: lámina(s) ; base ; ápice(s) ; face(s) superior(es) ; face(s) inferior(es) . Flor: botón-floral ; hipanto ; cáliz ; pétala(s) ; antera(s) ; columna(s) estaminal(ales) ; ovario(s) . Fruto: legume(s) . Caule: ramo(s) . Folha: lâmina(s) ; base ; ápice(s) ; face(s) superior(es) ; face(s) inferior(es) . Flor: botão-floral ; hipanto ; cálice(s) ; pétala(s) ; antera(s) ; coluna(s) estaminal(ais) ; ovário(s) . Fruto: legume(s) .

Tree or shrub, 1-8 m high. Leaves alternate, petioled, lamina bilobed apically to ± 1/3 down, adaxially pubescent, 10-70 x 16-50 mm. Inflorescences 1- or 2(7)-flowered, terminal or lateral racemes. Flowers ± closed; hypanthium 2-8 mm long. Calyx: sepals 5; spathaceous. Petals 5, sulphur-yellow; standard with maroon basal blotch. Stamens 10, fertile, filaments free, 20 mm long. Gynoecium 1-carpelled, with gynophore, few ovules; style 3-10 mm long; stigma peltate. Flowering time Oct.-Apr. Pod linear-oblong, 60-130 x 13-20 mm, thinly woody, dehiscent, mostly tomentose. Seeds chestnut-brown, ± elliptic, 5-9 x 4-6 mm. Shrub or tree, up to 8 m high. Fertile stamens 10. Petals: 1-3 often (not always) with dark brown or purplish basal blotch. Pods linear-oblong, glabrescent to densely tomentose. Flowers sulphur-yellow. Shrub or small tree 1-5(8) m high. Young branches glabrous to pubescent. Leaves: petiole 0.5-2.5 cm; lamina 1-6(8) cm from base of midrib to tip of lobes, lobed from one third to one half its length with the angle between the lobes acute, somewhat cordate to truncate or rarely slightly cuneate at the base, the lobes rounded to slightly obtusely pointed, glabrous to minutely to fairly densely pubescent on both surfaces. Inflorescences 1-2(7)-flowered at the ends of short branches or these aggregating into panicles of up to 25(40) flowers; axes and pedicels brown-pubescent to -tomentellous; pedicels 0.3-1.2 cm or up to 2.7 cm in fruit. Hypanthium 0.2-0.6 cm, funnel-shaped, smooth. Calyx 1-2.2(2.8) cm, smooth, in bud varying from rounded at the apex to abruptly narrowed into a short apiculum or narrow beak up to 6 mm long. Petals 1.7-5.5 cm long, suborbicular to obovate or elliptic, not or scarcely clawed, entirely yellow (forma concolor) or yellow with a deep red to purplish or brownish blotch at the base of the upper petal or occasionally on the three uppermost petals (forma tomentosa). Fertile stamens 10. Ovary densely pubescent to tomentose; stigma obliquely peltate or the margins on the lower side decurrent down the upper style. Pods (6.5)8-13 x 1.2-1.7 cm, linear-oblong, usually markedly parallel-sided, thinly woody, ± straw-coloured to pale brown, glabrescent to occasionally tomentose, usually 8-12-seeded. Seeds blackish-brown, 7-10 mm long, 5-7 mm broad, strongly compressed, ellipsoid. Shrub or tree up to 8 m high; young branchlets glabrous, puberulous or ± pubescent. Leaves: petiole 0.6-2 cm long; blade very variable in size, 1-7 cm long, 1-6.5 cm wide (in our area), mostly bilobed apically to about one-third of the way down, rarely to half way or more, lower surface glabrous, appressed-puberulous or ± pubescent. Stipules 3-5 mm long, ±1 mm wide. Inflorescence 1-2(7)-flowered, terminal or lateral; bracteoles small and inconspicuous. Flower-buds: upper part (i.e. sepals) ovate in outline, 1-2 cm long before anthesis, glabrous or pubescent outside; hypanthium 2-8 mm long, smooth or finely longitudinally sulcate; pedicels 0.7-2.5 cm long. Petals sulphur-yellow, 1-3 of them often (not always) with a dark brown or purplish basal blotch, subcircular to obovate or elliptic (2.5)3-5.5 cm long, (1.5)2-4.5 cm wide, not or scarcely clawed. Stamens: 10 fertile; filaments up to 2 cm long. Style gradually enlarged towards the stigma; stigma 2.5-3 mm in diameter, variable, terminal, peltate or with one side produced downwards. Pod linear-oblong to oblanceolate-oblong, 6-13 cm long, (1)1.3-2 cm wide, thinly woody, dehiscent, glabrescent to densely tomentose. Seeds blackish or chestnut-brown, ± elliptic, 5-9 mm long, 4-6 mm wide. Shrub or tree, up to 8 m high. Fertile stamens 10. Petals: 1-3 often (not always) with dark brown or purplish basal blotch. Pods linear-oblong, glabrescent to densely tomentose. Flowers sulphur-yellow. Shrub or small tree 1-5(8) m high. Young branches glabrous to pubescent. Leaves: petiole 0.5-2.5 cm; lamina 1-6(8) cm from base of midrib to tip of lobes, lobed from one third to one half its length with the angle between the lobes acute, somewhat cordate to truncate or rarely slightly cuneate at the base, the lobes rounded to slightly obtusely pointed, glabrous to minutely to fairly densely pubescent on both surfaces. Inflorescences 1-2(7)-flowered at the ends of short branches or these aggregating into panicles of up to 25(40) flowers; axes and pedicels brown-pubescent to -tomentellous; pedicels 0.3-1.2 cm or up to 2.7 cm in fruit. Hypanthium 0.2-0.6 cm, funnel-shaped, smooth. Calyx 1-2.2(2.8) cm, smooth, in bud varying from rounded at the apex to abruptly narrowed into a short apiculum or narrow beak up to 6 mm long. Petals 1.7-5.5 cm long, suborbicular to obovate or elliptic, not or scarcely clawed, entirely yellow (forma concolor) or yellow with a deep red to purplish or brownish blotch at the base of the upper petal or occasionally on the three uppermost petals (forma tomentosa). Fertile stamens 10. Ovary densely pubescent to tomentose; stigma obliquely peltate or the margins on the lower side decurrent down the upper style. Pods (6.5)8-13 x 1.2-1.7 cm, linear-oblong, usually markedly parallel-sided, thinly woody, ± straw-coloured to pale brown, glabrescent to occasionally tomentose, usually 8-12-seeded. Seeds blackish-brown, 7-10 mm long, 5-7 mm broad, strongly compressed, ellipsoid. Shrub or tree up to 8 m high; young branchlets glabrous, puberulous or ± pubescent. Leaves: petiole 0.6-2 cm long; blade very variable in size, 1-7 cm long, 1-6.5 cm wide (in our area), mostly bilobed apically to about one-third of the way down, rarely to half way or more, lower surface glabrous, appressed-puberulous or ± pubescent. Stipules 3-5 mm long, ±1 mm wide. Inflorescence 1-2(7)-flowered, terminal or lateral; bracteoles small and inconspicuous. Flower-buds: upper part (i.e. sepals) ovate in outline, 1-2 cm long before anthesis, glabrous or pubescent outside; hypanthium 2-8 mm long, smooth or finely longitudinally sulcate; pedicels 0.7-2.5 cm long. Petals sulphur-yellow, 1-3 of them often (not always) with a dark brown or purplish basal blotch, subcircular to obovate or elliptic (2.5)3-5.5 cm long, (1.5)2-4.5 cm wide, not or scarcely clawed. Stamens: 10 fertile; filaments up to 2 cm long. Style gradually enlarged towards the stigma; stigma 2.5-3 mm in diameter, variable, terminal, peltate or with one side produced downwards. Pod linear-oblong to oblanceolate-oblong, 6-13 cm long, (1)1.3-2 cm wide, thinly woody, dehiscent, glabrescent to densely tomentose. Seeds blackish or chestnut-brown, ± elliptic, 5-9 mm long, 4-6 mm wide.

South Africa (Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal), and in tropical Asia. Widespread from Ethiopia and Somalia in the north southwards to Zaire, Angola, Rhodesia, Mozambique, the Transvaal and Natal; also in Malaysia. Widespread from Ethiopia and Somalia in the north southwards to Zaire, Angola, Rhodesia, Mozambique, the Transvaal and Natal; also in Malaysia.

Occurs in coastal forest, in woodland and bushveld. Coastal forest, woodland and bushveld, alt. 0-1250 m; Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Indigenous Forests, Albany Thicket. Usually at lower altitudes, in riverine forest and thicket, coastal forest. Bushveld and woodland. Coastal forest, woodland and bushveld, alt. 0-1250 m; Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Indigenous Forests, Albany Thicket. Usually at lower altitudes, in riverine forest and thicket, coastal forest. Bushveld and woodland.

Fertile stamens 10. Petals 1.7–5.5 cm long, suborbicular to obovate or elliptic, not or scarcely clawed, entirely yellow (forma concolor) or yellow with a deep red to purplish or brownish blotch at the base of the upper petal or occasionally on the three uppermost petals (forma >i>tomentosa). Calyx 1–2.2(2.8) cm, smooth, in bud varying from rounded at the apex to abruptly narrowed into a short apiculum or narrow beak up to 6 mm long. Hypanthium 0.2–0.6 cm, funnel-shaped, smooth. Inflorescences 1–2(7)-flowered at the ends of short branches or these aggregating into panicles of up to 25(40) flowers; axes and pedicels brown-pubescent to -tomentellous; pedicels 0.3–1.2 cm or up to 2.7 cm in fruit. Leaves: petiole 0.5–2.5 cm; lamina 1–6(8) cm from base of midrib to tip of lobes, lobed from one third to one half its length with the angle between the lobes acute, somewhat cordate to truncate or rarely slightly cuneate at the base, the lobes rounded to slightly obtusely pointed, glabrous to minutely to fairly densely pubescent on both surfaces. Young branches glabrous to pubescent. Shrub or small tree 1–5(8) m high. Ovary densely pubescent to tomentose; stigma obliquely peltate or the margins on the lower side decurrent down the upper style. Pods (6.5)8–13 × 1.2–1.7 cm, linear-oblong, usually markedly parallel-sided, thinly woody, ± straw-coloured to pale brown, glabrescent to occasionally tomentose, usually 8–12-seeded. Seeds blackish-brown, 7–10 mm long, 5–7 mm broad, strongly compressed, ellipsoid. Petals 1.7–5.5 cm long, suborbicular to obovate or elliptic, not or scarcely clawed, entirely yellow (forma concolor) or yellow with a deep red to purplish or brownish blotch at the base of the upper petal or occasionally on the three uppermost petals (forma >i>tomentosa). Calyx 1–2.2(2.8) cm, smooth, in bud varying from rounded at the apex to abruptly narrowed into a short apiculum or narrow beak up to 6 mm long. Hypanthium 0.2–0.6 cm, funnel-shaped, smooth. Inflorescences 1–2(7)-flowered at the ends of short branches or these aggregating into panicles of up to 25(40) flowers; axes and pedicels brown-pubescent to -tomentellous; pedicels 0.3–1.2 cm or up to 2.7 cm in fruit. Leaves: petiole 0.5–2.5 cm; lamina 1–6(8) cm from base of midrib to tip of lobes, lobed from one third to one half its length with the angle between the lobes acute, somewhat cordate to truncate or rarely slightly cuneate at the base, the lobes rounded to slightly obtusely pointed, glabrous to minutely to fairly densely pubescent on both surfaces. Young branches glabrous to pubescent. Shrub or small tree 1–5(8) m high. Ovary densely pubescent to tomentose; stigma obliquely peltate or the margins on the lower side decurrent down the upper style. Pods (6.5)8–13 × 1.2–1.7 cm, linear-oblong, usually markedly parallel-sided, thinly woody, ± straw-coloured to pale brown, glabrescent to occasionally tomentose, usually 8–12-seeded. Seeds blackish-brown, 7–10 mm long, 5–7 mm broad, strongly compressed, ellipsoid.

Shrubs, erect, to 4 m tall. Young branches puberulent. Stip­ules linear, ca. 1 cm; petiole 1.5-3 cm, slender; leaf blade sub­orbicular, 3-7 × 4-8 cm, papery, abaxially tomentose, adaxially glabrous, base cordate, 7-9-veined, apex bifid to ca. 1/2, lobes rounded at apex. Inflorescence a lateral raceme, 1-3-flowered; pedicel short; bracts and bracteoles linear, 4-7 mm. Flower buds fusiform, ca. 2 cm, puberulent. Hypanthium turbinate, ca. 5 mm. Calyx split spathaceously at anthesis. Petals light yel­lowish, subequal, broadly obovate, 4-5.5 × 3-4 cm, subsessile. Fertile stamens 10, unequal; filaments 1-2 cm, puberulent at base. Ovary stalked, tomentose; style slender, glabrous; stigma peltate, small. Legume flat, linear, 7-15 × 1.2-1.5 cm, sutures not ridged; valves leathery, velutinous. Seeds brownish, subor­bicular, compressed, 6-8 mm in diam. Fl. and fr. almost year-round. 2n = 28.

Racemes 1–2(–7)-flowered, lateral or terminal, occasionally aggregated. Leaves variable in size, 1–6.9(–10.2) cm. long, 1.2–6.5(–11) cm. wide, bilobed at apex to one-third way down or less, rarely to half way or a little more; lobes rounded; lower surface glabrous, appressed-puberulous, or ± pubescent. Shrub or small tree 1–8 m. high. Branchlets glabrous, puberulous or ± pubescent. Seeds blackish or blackish-brown, ± elliptic, 7–9 mm. long, 5–6 mm. wide; funicle short. Bracteoles small and inconspicuous, not enfolding the flower-buds. Pedicels 0.7–2.7 cm. long. Flower-buds: upper part (i.e. sepals) ovate in outline, 1.2–2.6 cm. long before anthesis, glabrous or pubescent outside. Hypanthium 2–6 mm. long; smooth or slightly sulcate. Petals subcircular to obovate or elliptic, (2.4–)3–5.5 cm. long, (1.5–)2–4.6 cm. wide, not or scarcely clawed, sulphur-yellow, 1–3 of them often (not always) blotched at base with dark brown or purplish. Fertile stamens 10. Stigma 2.5–3 mm. across, rather variable in appearance, terminal, peltate or with one side produced downwards; style gradually enlarged towards the stigma. Pods thinly woody, dehiscent, 6.5–13 cm. long, (1–)1.3–2 cm. wide. Leaves variable in size, 1–6.9(–10.2) cm. long, 1.2–6.5(–11) cm. wide, bilobed at apex to one-third way down or less, rarely to half way or a little more; lobes rounded; lower surface glabrous, appressed-puberulous, or ± pubescent. Shrub or small tree 1–8 m. high. Branchlets glabrous, puberulous or ± pubescent. Seeds blackish or blackish-brown, ± elliptic, 7–9 mm. long, 5–6 mm. wide; funicle short. Bracteoles small and inconspicuous, not enfolding the flower-buds. Pedicels 0.7–2.7 cm. long. Flower-buds: upper part (i.e. sepals) ovate in outline, 1.2–2.6 cm. long before anthesis, glabrous or pubescent outside. Hypanthium 2–6 mm. long; smooth or slightly sulcate. Petals subcircular to obovate or elliptic, (2.4–)3–5.5 cm. long, (1.5–)2–4.6 cm. wide, not or scarcely clawed, sulphur-yellow, 1–3 of them often (not always) blotched at base with dark brown or purplish. Fertile stamens 10. Stigma 2.5–3 mm. across, rather variable in appearance, terminal, peltate or with one side produced downwards; style gradually enlarged towards the stigma. Pods thinly woody, dehiscent, 6.5–13 cm. long, (1–)1.3–2 cm. wide.