Monographs Details:
Authority:
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Family:
Mimosaceae
Mimosaceae
Description:
Species Description - A shrub up to 6 m. high, rarely a small tree 8 m. high, usually armed with stipular spines 2 cm. long or less, the foliage glabrous. Petiole 5-20 mm. long, bearing a round gland at the summit; pinnae 2, each with one pair of obliquely obovate or oblong, obtuse, thin leaflets, 1-5 cm. long; heads slender-peduncled, in terminal racemes; flowers sessile; calyx about 2 mm. long; corolla 5-6 mm. long; stamens 10-15 mm. long, yellowish or pinkish; pod coiled or curved, red, compressed, somewhat constricted between the seeds, 5-10 cm. long, about 7 mm. wide; seeds nearly black, shining, 4-6 mm. broad.
Species Description - A shrub up to 6 m. high, rarely a small tree 8 m. high, usually armed with stipular spines 2 cm. long or less, the foliage glabrous. Petiole 5-20 mm. long, bearing a round gland at the summit; pinnae 2, each with one pair of obliquely obovate or oblong, obtuse, thin leaflets, 1-5 cm. long; heads slender-peduncled, in terminal racemes; flowers sessile; calyx about 2 mm. long; corolla 5-6 mm. long; stamens 10-15 mm. long, yellowish or pinkish; pod coiled or curved, red, compressed, somewhat constricted between the seeds, 5-10 cm. long, about 7 mm. wide; seeds nearly black, shining, 4-6 mm. broad.
Distribution:
Acklins Bahamas South America| Grand Turk Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies| Yucatán Mexico North America| South America|
Acklins Bahamas South America| Grand Turk Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies| Yucatán Mexico North America| South America|