Includes trees , shrubs, and herbaceous plants . Leaves are usually complex, less often simple ( Poissonia ), venation is reticulate. The leaf location is often the opposite. Stipules are sometimes transformed into thorns ( Robinia , Peteria ). The flowers are collected in racemose inflorescences , located, as a rule, in the axils of the leaves, less often, at the apex of the shoot ( Peteria ). Bracts are small, falling off in most species. 10 stamens , nine of which grow together {\ displaystyle {} ^ {3} / {} _ {4}} 
lengths. The ovary of the pestle is located on the stem. The column is bare. Seeds are ovoid or oblong-kidney-shaped [2] . In many representatives of the tribe, the seeds contain the non-proteinogenic amino acid Canavanin . It is believed that this amino acid performs the function of protecting seeds from being eaten by phytophages [3] .
The tribe includes 11 genera [4] :
- Coursetia DC.
- Genistidium IMJohnst.
- Gliricidia kunth
- Hebestigma Urb.
- Lennea Klotzsch
- Olneya A.Gray
- Peteria A.Gray
- Poissonia Baill.
- Poitea Vent.
- Robinia L. - Robinia
- Sphinctospermum rose
According to molecular genetic data, the closest tribes are Loteae and Coronilleae . Fossil representatives were found in deposits of the Late Eocene and Pliocene in Europe and North America [5] .
Distributed mainly in the tropical regions of the Arctic and Neotropics [2] [6] . The distribution of the genera Poitea and Hebestigma is limited to the Antilles [7] .
