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== Characteristics ==
* Specialised [[extrafloral nectaries]] often present on the petiole and / or on the primary and secondary rachis, usually between pinnae or leaflet pairs
* [[Leaf|Leaves]] commonly bipinnate, unipinnate, paripinnate, phyllode is found in [[parkinsonia]]
* [[Inflorescence]]s : [[Panicle]] ( raceme of racemes ) or compound raceme, globose, spicate.
* [[Aestivation (botany)|Aestivation]] : ascending [[imbricate]]
* [[Anther]]s often with a stipitate or sessile apical gland
* [[Pollen]] commonly in tetrads, bitetrads or polyrads
* [[Seed]]s usually with an open or closed pleurogram on both faces
* [[Root nodule]]s variably present and indeterminate
* 10 [[Stamen]]s, aside from various core mimosoid genera bearing a few factors more