1 | Leaves 11–13 foliolate; standard bright green, nectary guide surrounded by sericeous hairs on inner face; wing petals lilac-purple; style glabrous | C. bonatiana |
– | Leaves 3–5 foliolate; standard glabrous within | 2 |
2 | Leaves 3(– 5) foliolate; standard white sometimes flushed green, style ciliate or sericeous at base; seeds 1–2 | C. cochinchinensis |
– | Leaves 5-foliolate; standard pink, lilac, red or purple, style glabrous; seeds (1 –)3–5 | 3 |
3 | Stipels subulate, 1–2 mm long; bracteoles reflexed; pods linear-oblong, not inflated | C. nitida |
– | Stipels linear 3–4 mm long; bracteoles straight; pods inflated | 4 |
4 | Floral bracts lanceolate 3–5 mm long; seeds 3–5 per pod, 8 × 6 mm, tawny brown, oblong or suborbicular | C. dielsiana |
– | Floral bracts narrowly ovate to linear 2–6 mm long; seeds (1 –)2–4 per pod, 18 × 14 mm, dark violet, ellipsoid | C. cinerea |