Leaves:

• ~ pinnately compound
• leaflets margin entire
• ~ alternate
• stipules
• petioles may be thickened at base (pulvinus) (place where turgor pressured used for ‘sleep’ movements)

Flowers:

• inflorescence – racemes, cymes, spikes, solitary, etc.
• bilateral symmetry
• flower type – papilionaceous (banner, two wing, and two fused keep petals)
• some radial symmetry, mostly tropical
• ~ perfect
• many stamens (up to 10)
• superior ovary

Fruit:

• legume or loment

Other notes:

• trees, shrubs, herbs
• roots ~ w/ N-fixing bacterial nodules
• huge family with 750+ genera
• includes many food crops

Genera:

• Cercis (redbud)
• Cytisus (brooms) | 1 species
• Wisteria (wisteria)