Kingdom Plantae Family Fabaceae Tribe Dipterygeae Higher classification Faboideae | Order Fabales Subfamily Faboideae Scientific name Taralea Rank Genus | |
Similar Chaetocalyx, Legumes, Cologania, Orbexilum | ||
Taralea is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae.
Taralea can be distinguished from other members of the Dipterygeae by:
a black and rugose petiolule; an elliptical, hairy ovary; a legume with elastic dehiscence; a circular, oval, compressed seed with a basal hilum; and an embryo that displays a cleft below the radical–hypocotyl axis and an inconspicuous plumule.
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