Monographs Details:
Authority:
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Family:
Caesalpiniaceae
Caesalpiniaceae
Description:
Species Description - A trailing or climbing vine, armed with hooked prickles. Stipules none; leaves often 6 dm. long, stout-petioled; pinnae 3-6 pairs; leaflets 4-8 pairs, ovate to elliptic-ovate, 4-8 cm. long, acute or short-acuminate at the apex, rounded or obtuse at the base, subcoriaceous, somewhat shining above, glabrous or very nearly so when old; racemes 3 dm. long or less, many-flowered; bracts linear-lanceolate, erect, early deciduous; pedicels 4-8 mm. long; calyx about 6 mm. long; petals 1.5 cm. long or less; pod 6-12 cm. long, about one-half longer than wide, rather loosely prickly; seeds bright yellow, 1.5-2.5 cm. long.
Species Description - A trailing or climbing vine, armed with hooked prickles. Stipules none; leaves often 6 dm. long, stout-petioled; pinnae 3-6 pairs; leaflets 4-8 pairs, ovate to elliptic-ovate, 4-8 cm. long, acute or short-acuminate at the apex, rounded or obtuse at the base, subcoriaceous, somewhat shining above, glabrous or very nearly so when old; racemes 3 dm. long or less, many-flowered; bracts linear-lanceolate, erect, early deciduous; pedicels 4-8 mm. long; calyx about 6 mm. long; petals 1.5 cm. long or less; pod 6-12 cm. long, about one-half longer than wide, rather loosely prickly; seeds bright yellow, 1.5-2.5 cm. long.
Distribution:
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| South Andros Bahamas South America| Rum Cay Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America| Jamaica South America| Asia|
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| South Andros Bahamas South America| Rum Cay Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America| Jamaica South America| Asia|