Plant descriptions ²

Liane; Leaf rachis with erect prickles between the pairs of pinnae; Flowers white.

Elevation ²

Up to 1 400 m

Similar species ²

M. myriocephala is somewhat similar in its growth habit and morphology, but can be distinguished above all by the lack of erect spines on the rachis between the pairs of pinnae, by the leaves with much less abvious and less numerous secondary veins, and its glabrous ovary.

Référence ²

David Du Puy & al. 2002.- The Leguminosae of Madagascar. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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