Annual or short lived perennial, branches procumbent, stem pilose. Leaf imparipinnate, petiole c. 3-10 mm long, rachis up to 4.5 cm long; leaflets 7-13, c. 4-20 mm long, up to 8 mm wide, oblong or oblanceolate truncate to retuse, glabrous or pubescent above, pilose below; stipules up to 4 mm long. Inflorescence terminal or leaf-opposed, a 1-3-flowered raceme. Bract 2-3 mm long. Pedicel 2.5-4 mm long. Calyx hispid, tube c. 1.5 mm long, teeth 2.5-3.5 mm long. Corolla white, pale-pink or purplish. Vexillum c. 6-10 mm long. Fruit 3.5-4 cm long, c. 4 mm broad, pubescent, curved towards the tip, 8-14-seeded.

Fl.Per.: Throughout the year.

Holotype: Madagascar, M. Sonnerat (P).

Distribution: Pakistan; India; Ceylon; Siam; Indonesia; Arabia; Sudan; Ethiopia; Kenya; Uganda; Zangzibar; Tanganyika; Rhodesia; Angola; Congo; Cameroons; Mauritius; Central America and W. Indies.