Phyllodium elegans (Lour.) Desv.
This species was classified into Phyllodium group of tribe Desmodieae.
This species is different from other five species in their pods with densely silvery hairs.
Phyllodium insigne and Phyllodium pulchellum
Shrub to 3 m high; twigs with brown tomentose hairs. Leaves: stipules triangular, 4–6 by 1.5–3 mm, apex acuminate, tomentose; petioles 0.5–2 cm long, tomentose; rachis 0.5–1 cm long, tomentose. Leaflets: stipels linear to cuneate, ca. 2 mm long, tomentose; petiolules 2–3 mm long, tomentose. Terminal leaflet lanceolate, 5–10 by 2–6 cm, apex acute to shallowly retuse, base cuneate to rounded, margin repand, both surfaces tomentose; lateral veins 9–11 veins per side. Lateral leaflets ovate to asymmetrical, 3–7 by 2–4 cm, apex obtuse to shallowly retuse, base asymmetrical, margin repand, both surfaces tomentose. Inflorescences 10–50 cm long. Foliaceous primary bracts along inflorescence rachis and rachilla; stipules triangular, 3.5–4 mm long, apex acute, tomentose; stipels 2–2.5 mm long; petioles 2–3 mm long; petiolules 1–2 mm long; terminal bristle ca. 4 mm long; lateral leaflet-like suborbicular to broadly ovate, 0.5–2 cm wide, apex retuse to rounded, base asymmetrical, margin entire, both surfaces pubescent to tomentose; lateral veins 4–5 veins per side. Secondary bract ovate, 0.6–0.8 by ca. 0.2 mm, apex acute, tomentose. Flowers in fascicles with 10–15 flowers, 7.5–8 mm long; bracteoles linear, 0.9–1 by 0.1–0.2 mm, tomentose; pedicels 2–3 mm long, tomentose. Calyx: tube 2–3 mm long; teeth 1–2 mm long, apex acuminate, puberulous to pubescent. Corolla white; standard obovate or elliptic, 5–7 by 3–4 mm, apex obtuse, middle part rugose, upper margin auriculate, puberulous, claw 1–2 mm long; wings oblong, 6–6.5 by ca. 1 mm, upper margin distinctly auriculate, claw ca. 1.5 mm long; keels 5–7 by 2–2.5 mm, puberulous, claw 2–3 mm long. Staminal tube 6–7 mm long; anthers ellipsoid, ca. 0.5 mm long. Ovary puberulous to tomentose; style 4–6 mm long, puberulous. Pods 3 (–4) articles, 1.5 (–2.5) cm long, surface without reticulate pattern, densely silvery sericeous. [1]