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  | 1 | Standard outside glabrous |  | (2) |  
  | + | Standard outside densely sericeous |  | (8) |  
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  | 2 (1) | Calyx densely sericeous, hirsute, or tomentose; ovary sericeous or tomentose |  | (3) |  
  | + | Calyx sparsely pubescent; ovary glabrous |  | (5) |  
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  | 3 (2) | Leaflets 7, blades 4-8 × 1-2 cm, apex acuminate to caudate; flowers ca. 1.8 cm; corolla yellow. |  | 3 C. fordii |  
  | + | Leaflets 7-13, blades 4-13 × 1-4 cm, apex acute; flowers 2.5-3.5 cm; corolla white, creamy, pale pink, or lilac |  | (4) |  
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  | 4 (3) | Leaflet blades shiny, glabrous on adaxial surface, rusty pubescent and glabrescent on abaxial surface; ovules numerous; standard with 2 basal calluses. |  | 1 C. speciosa |  
  | + | Leaflet blades villous on both surfaces; ovules 4-6; standard without basal calluses. |  | 2 C. bonatiana |  
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  | 5 (2) | Stipules inserted at tip of persistent gibbosity on stem |  | (6) |  
  | + | Stipules not inserted at tip of persistent gibbosity on stem |  | (7) |  
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  | 6 (5) | Calyx pubescent; legume carmine when dry, oblong, 10-11 cm, convex, suture thickened; panicles ca. 30 cm. |  | 4 C. eurybotrya |  
  | + | Calyx glabrescent; legume blackened when dry, linear, ca. 15 cm, flat, suture not thickened; panicles 10-20 cm. |  | 5 C. reticulata |  
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  | 7 (5) | Panicle terminal, branchlets ascending; corolla yellowish white with a pink halo; leaf blade glabrous and shiny, abaxially pale green when dry, secondary and tertiary veins distinct and raised on both surfaces, apex acuminate to caudate. |  | 6 C. championii |  
  | + | Racemes axillary, pendulous; corolla white or purple; leaf blade flat and rough, abaxially dull grayish green when dry, secondary and tertiary veins indistinct, apex acute. |  | 7 C. kiangsiensis |  
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  | 8 (1) | Leaflets 3(or 5) |  | (9) |  
  | + | Leaflets 5 or 7 (3 or 5 in C. dorwardii) |  | (10) |  
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  | 9 (8) | Stipels absent; leaflet blades subleathery. |  | 8 C. tsui |  
  | + | Stipels present; leaflet blades papery. |  | 13 C. sphaerosperma |  
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  | 10 (8) | Legume flat, not distinctly contracted between seeds; seeds lenticular |  | (11) |  
  | + | Legume inflated, usually distinctly contracted between seeds; seeds globose or reniform |  | (14) |  
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  | 11 (10) | Panicles straight, branchlets contiguous, flowers closely arranged |  | (12) |  
  | + | Panicles spreading, branchlets slender, flowers laxly arranged |  | (13) |  
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  | 12 (11) | Corolla violet to purple; legume stipitate, brown tomentose; leaflet blades ovate-lanceolate or oblong, subleathery; stipels subulate, ca. 2 mm. |  | 16 C. nitida |  
  | + | Corolla white or pale pink; legume sessile, gray hirsute; leaflet blades broadly elliptic to ovate, papery; stipels filiform, 5-6 mm. |  | 17 C. congestiflora |  
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  | 13 (11) | Leaflets (5 or)7, blades caudate at apex; panicles long pedunculate. |  | 15 C. longipedunculata |  
  | + | Leaflets 5, blades acute at apex; panicles subsessile. |  | 18 C. dielsiana |  
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  | 14 (10) | Branchlets, leaf rachises, and leaflet blades abaxially with dense trichomes, not glabrescent; legume densely brown tomentose |  | (15) |  
  | + | Branchlets, leaf rachises, and leaflet blades abaxially with sparse trichomes or glabrescent; legume gray pubescent, yellow tomentose, or gray tomentose |  | (16) |  
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  | 15 (14) | Leaflet blades 4-8 cm wide, abaxially brown velutinous; legume 2-2.5 cm wide. |  | 9 C. oosperma |  
  | + | Leaflet blades 1.8-3 cm wide, abaxially rusty tomentose; legume ca. 1.5 cm wide. |  | 14 C. sericosema |  
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  | 16 (14) | Panicles compact, branchlets congested; legume not contracted between seeds. |  | 12 C. dorwardii |  
  | + | Panicles lax, branchlets spread out; legume contracted between seeds |  | (17) |  
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  | 17 (16) | Floriferous branchlets slender; leaflet blades obovate; petiolules ca. 4 mm; stipels ca. 4 mm. |  | 10 C. cinerea |  
  | + | Floriferous branchlets straight; leaflet blades oblong; petiolules 2-3 mm; stipels ca. 1 mm. |  | 11 C. gentiliana |  |