Parochetus Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
Perennial, prostrate herb. Lvs palmately 3-foliolate; principal lateral veins thin and reticulate; leaflets entire or dentate; stipules ± free from petiole. Infl. axillary, umbellate, 1-3-flowered; bracts present at base of pedicel. Calyx teeth 5; upper 2 teeth fused almost to the tip. Corolla deciduous after flowering. Vexillary filament free, others connate; anthers almost uniform. Style glabrous; stigma small, terminal. Pod 2-valved, straight, dehiscent, not armed, many-seeded; seeds estrophiolate, smooth and rounded.
1 sp., E. Africa, Asia. Naturalised sp. 1.
