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Leaves 4-8 cm, alternate, bipinnate, with eglandular petiole, petiole and rachis pubescent, the latter with a gland at the insertion point of each pair of pinnae, with (3)4-7(10) pairs of pinnae, each with 9-15(23) pairs of leaflets 3.5-9(12) \u00d7 0.7-3(5) mm, oblong or oblong-obovate, with rounded and apiculate apex, subsessile, green or somewhat glaucous, pubescent on the upper side, underside and margins. Inflorescences spiciform, (3.5)4-14(16) cm long, axillary, shortly pedunculate \u2014peduncle 8-25(40) mm\u2014, whitish, cream or whitish-yellow, solitary or geminate, with hairy rachis, and numerous minute flowers. Calyx (1)1.5-2 mm, campanulate, greenish, glabrous or pubescent, with 5 triangular teeth. Corolla 3-4 mm, with 5 petals fused \u2154 from the base, oblong, acute, whitish, hairy on the abaxial side. Stamens numerous, fused at the base by the filaments into a pink tube <em>c. <\/em>1 mm, with filament up to 6 mm long, whitish. 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