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Horse Bush

Dendrolobium umbellatum

Physical description 3

Perennial, Shrubs, Woody throughout, Nodules present, Stems or branches arching, spreading or decumbent, Stems greater than 2 m tall, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs sparsely to densely hairy, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Stipules conspicuous, Stipules green, triangulate to lanceolate or foliaceous, Stipules deciduous, Stipules free, Leaves compound, Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, Leaves odd pinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Leaflets 3, Leaves hairy on one or both surfaces, Inflorescence umbel-like or subumbellate, Inflorescence axillary, Bracts very small, absent or caducous, Bracteoles present, Flowers zygomorphic, Calyx 4-lobed, Calyx glabrous, Petals separate, Corolla papilionaceous, Petals clawed, Petals white, Petals greenish yellow, Banner petal ovoid or obovate, Wing petals narrow, oblanceolate to oblong, Keel tips obtuse or rounded, not beaked, Stamens 9-10, Stamens monadelphous, united below, Filaments glabrous, Style terete, Fruit a loment, jointed, separating into articles, Fruit indehiscent, Fruit oblong or ellipsoidal, Fruit strongly curved, falcate, bent, or lunate, Fruits quadrangulate, Fruit exserted from calyx, Fruit compressed between seeds, Fruit hairy, Fruit 3-10 seeded, Seeds subquadrate, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Ria Tan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3293/3459353774_ece482e763.jpg
  2. (c) Ria Tan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3571/3459353830_89929e87f6.jpg
  3. (c) Dr. David Bogler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/6656818

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