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Posterior petal inside lateral ones Caesalpinioideae
Prickles or thorns present
Scrambling shrub covered with recurved prickles Caesalpinia
Straggling shrub; branches glandular pubescent, without prickles. Pinnae 7–14 pairs per leaf; leaflets 7–11 pairs per pinna, elliptic to oblong, 4–10 mm long. Flowers in terminal racemes up to 15 cm long. Corolla yellow. Fillaments more than 5 cm long. Occasionally naturalized. Bird-of-paradise Flower Caesalpinia gillesii