''Amicia zygomeris'', the yoke-leaved amicia, is a woody plant in the legume family
, native to
Mexico. Grown as an
ornamental plant, it is said to be hardy down to
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Etymology
''Amicia'' was named for Jean Baptiste Amici (1786-1863), an Italian physicist.[Gledhill, David (2008), ''The Names of Plants'', Cambridge University Press, (hardback), (paperback), pp 45, 412] ''Zygomeris'' is derived from Greek, meaning 'with twinned parts’.
Description
''Amicia zygomeris'' is a vigorous, erect, medium-sized shrub. Its stems, which are usually herbaceous, are hollow, downy and greenish. It has pinnate leaves that arise from leafy, inflated, purplish stipules. The leaves have four leaflets, which are obovate and notched. The flowers are borne in autumn, in short raceme
A raceme ( or ) or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are produced as the s ...
s arising from the axil
A leaf ( : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leaves, st ...
s; they are yellow with purple flecks.
References
Dalbergieae
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