Dipogon Liebm.
Climbing perennial herb; stems rounded, woody at base. Lvs 3-foliolate, stipellate; petiolules unequal; stipules simple, striate. Infl. axillary, racemose, few- to many-flowered. Calyx campanulate; calyx teeth much < tube; 2 upper teeth united in a 2-toothed lip. Keel curved through 90°; stamens diadelphous; anthers uniform. Style thickened, inflexed upwards and bearded near stigma; ovules numerous. Pod compressed, 2-valved; seeds slightly strophiolate; hilum 3/10 circumference.
1 sp., South Africa. Naturalised sp. 1.
Dipogon is sometimes included in Dolichos but recent work by Verdcourt, B., Kew Bull. 24: 379-447 (1970), has shown Dipogon to warrant separation.
