| Taralea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Dipterygeae |
| Genus: |
Taralea Aubl. |
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Taralea is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae.
Taralea can be distinguished from other members of the Dipterygeae by:
a black and rugose petiolule; an elliptical, hairy ovary; a legume with elastic dehiscence; a circular, oval, compressed seed with a basal hilum; and an embryo that displays a cleft below the radical–hypocotyl axis and an inconspicuous plumule.