| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Parochetus africanus Polhill |
| Bibliography | Bot. Mag. (Kew Mag.) 8: 56 (1991) |
| Native Range | Ethiopia to s. Tropical Africa |
| Primary Biome | Seasonally Dry Tropical |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Description | stems slender, rooting, glabrous, leaves ternate, leaflets 2-4cm, 2-4cm, shallowly emarginate, at apex coarsely dentate subglabrous, flowers of 1-3, pedicellate, corolla 1-2cm |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | pale blue |
| Bloom | spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Parochetus communis ssp. africanus (Polhill) L.B.Chaudhary Parochetus communis var. grossecrenatus Cufod. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 23 West-Central Tropical Africa (BUR Burundi, ZAI Zaire) 24 Northeast Tropical Africa (ETH Ethiopia) 25 East Tropical Africa (KEN Kenya, TAN Tanzania, UGA Uganda) 26 South Tropical Africa (MLW Malawi, ZIM Zimbabwe) |