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Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Papilionaceous :




(Pea-shaped) The flower shape typical of members of the Papilionaceae, having a large upper petal called the standard, two large side petals called wings, and two lower petals, often fused together, called the keel, which encloses the stamens and stigma.

The example is Parochetus communis.

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