Citation: Liebm., Ind. Sem. Hort. Acad. Hauniensi 27 (1854), Annls Sci. nat. 4, 2:374 (1854).

Derivation: Greek di-, two; pogon, a beard; perhaps alluding to the hairs on the style.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Twining perennial herb, becoming woody below, thinly pubescent, glabrescent; leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, petiolate, stipulate; leaflets ovate-acuminate, to 5 cm long.

Flowers bright-purple, in short dense racemes on peduncles longer than the leaves; calyx 5-toothed; teeth broad, shorter than the tube; petals long-clawed; style channelled, bearded along its upper margin, strongly curved near the base and the apex in the same direction, the part in the middle gently curved in the opposite direction.

Pod falcate, c. 5 cm long, 4-6-seeded; seed blackish, arillate.

Distribution:  Monotypic; native to South Africa, now widely cultivated in the tropics and subtropics of the world.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available