the pale green foliage consists of three leaflets. the claw-shaped flowers are carried in pendent trusses or pseudoracemes of 75 or more flowers and can reach as much as 3 m long. the turquoise flower color is similar to some forms of the minerals turquoise and jade, varying from blue-green to mint green. the short, oblong, fleshy seedpods are up to 15 cm long and contain up to 12 seeds.