South African Hoarypea

Cracca noctiflora (Bojer) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 175 1891.
Tephrosia noctiflora Bojer; Oliver, Fl. Trop. Africa 2: 112. 1871.
A shrub; stem diffusely branched, densely silky-pilose with short ascending brown hairs, at least on the younger parts; leaves 1-1.5 dm. long; stipules linear-subulate, 7-10 mm. long; petiole less than 1 cm. long, often Very short; rachis brown-pilose; leaflets 13-17, narrowly oblanceolate, 2.5-4 cm. long, 6-10 mm. wide, glabrous above, silky-strigose beneath, rounded and mucronate at the apex; racemes terminal according to the original description, but from the specimens seen opposite the leaves, 2-3 dm. long, lax; bracts lanceolate, short; calyx densely ferruginous-silky, the tube 2 mm. long, the upper 4 teeth deltoid, 1.5 mm. long, the lowest one 2.5 mm. long, lanceolate; corolla 10-12 mm. long, reddish; banner broadly obovate, yellowish-silky on the back; pod 4-5 cm. long, 6 mm. wide, slightly curved upwards, densely silky-villous with brown hairs, 8-9-seeded.
Type locality: Island of Zanzibar.
Distribution: Jamaica (naturalized); native of Zanzibar, Madagascar, and Mauritius.

Annual, Perennial, Herbs, Taproot present, Nodules present, Stems prostrate, trailing, or mat forming, Stems less than 1 m tall, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs sparsely to densely hairy, Stem hairs hispid to villous, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Stipules inconspicuous, absent, or caducous, Stipules setiform, subulate or acicular, Stipules persistent, Stipules free, Leaves compound, Leaves odd pinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Leaflets 10-many, Leaves hairy on one or both surfaces, Inflorescences racemes, Inflorescence terminal, Inflorescence leaf-opposed, Bracts conspicuously present, Flowers zygomorphic, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx hairy, Petals separate, Corolla papilionaceous, Petals clawed, Petals ochroleucous, cream colored, Petals orange or yellow, Petals blue, lavander to purple, or violet, Petals bicolored or with red, purple or yellow streaks or spots, Banner petal ovoid or obovate, Banner petal suborbicular, broadly rounded, Wing petals narrow, oblanceolate to oblong, Wing petals auriculate, Wing tips obtuse or rounded, Keel petals auriculate, spurred, or gibbous, Keel tips obtuse or rounded, not beaked, Stamens 9-10, Stamens monadelphous, united below, Filaments glabrous, Style terete, Style sharply bent, Style hairy, Style hairy on one side only, Fruit a legume, Fruit unilocular, Fruit freely dehiscent, Fruit elongate, straight, Fruit exserted from calyx, Valves twisting or coiling after dehiscence, Fruit beaked, Fruit hairy, Fruit 3-10 seeded, Seeds ovoid to rounded in outline, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black, Seed surface mottled or patchy.