Trees or shrubs, sometimes with pairs of spiny stipules. Leaves imparipinnate. Flowers white, rose or purple. Inflorescences of pendulous axillary racemes. Calyx campanulate; teeth broad. Standard large, reflexed. Pod flattened, dehiscent. Derivation of name: after Jean Robin (1550-1629) and Vesparian Robin (1579-1600), herbalists and gardeners to Henry VI of France. Worldwide: 4 species from North America. Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated taxa. |