Afgekia
Afgekia is a small genus of large perennial climbing shrubs native to Thailand in Asia, belonging to the family Fabaceae. They are reminiscent of the related genus Wisteria. Description The two species of Afgekia are scrambling climbers, reaching high. The mature stems are brown. The leaves are evergreen and generally have 8–16 paired leaflets plus a terminal leaflet. The leaflets are long by wide. The erect inflorescence is a leafy raceme, long. The individual flowers are long and have the general shape of members of the subfamily Faboideae. The standard petal is long by wide, cream in colour with pale pink to purple markings and a pale or dark yellow or greenish nectar guide. The deep pink or purple wing petals are more or less equal in length to the keel at long by wide, with short basal claws. The white keel petals are long by wide. Nine of the stamens are fused together, the other is free; all curve upwards at the apex. The inflated seed pods are long by wide, splitting when ripe to release the 2 or 3 seeds. Taxonomy The genus Afgekia was established by William Grant Craib in 1927, initially with one species, Afgekia sericea.