Authority:

Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.

Family:

Fabaceae

Description:

Species Description - Erect shrub to 1.5 m tall, many-branched from base or along main stem. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets 9-13, opposite, 1.5-3.7 x 0.5-1.7 cm, oblanceolate, elliptic, or oblong, membranous, pubescent especially on lower surface, the apex mucronate, acute to obtuse, the base tapering, the margins entire; petiolules 1-1.5 mm long; stipules awl-shaped, 2-3 mm long, persistent. Racemes axillary, many-flowered, 6-10 cm long, sericeous; bracts minute, persistent. Calyx bell-shaped, 1 mm long, puberulent; corolla pink, the standard to 5 mm long, wide-elliptic, the wings and keel as long as the standard; style curved, the stigma capitate. Legume 1-1.5 cm long, strongly curved, cylindrical, pubescent, beaked, dehiscent along one suture. Seeds ca. 2 mm long, square to oblong.

Distribution:

Virgin Gorda Virgin Islands South America| Tortola Virgin Islands South America| Saint Thomas Virgin Islands of the United States South America| Saint Croix Virgin Islands of the United States South America|