Authority:

Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

Family:

Fabaceae

Description:

Species Description - Eoot deep, elongated; stem often much branched, 8 dm. high or less, the branches ascending or diffuse, slender, tough, 2-4 dm. long. Leaves 5-8 cm. long; petioles slender, 2 cm. long or less; stipules linear-subulate; leaflets 5-9, oblong-obovate, 1.5-4 cm. long, appressed-pubeseent on both sides or glabrate above, mostly refuse at the apex, cuneate-narrcwed at the base; racemes fcerminal and opposite the leaves, few-flowered, short or elongated; calyx about 4 mm. long, its teeth acuminate; petals purple or red-purple, the standard about 8 mm. broad; pod 3-4 cm. long, 4-5 mm. wide, 5-7-seeded.

Distribution:

South Andros Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Cuba South America| West Indies| Puerto Rico South America| Virgin Gorda Virgin Islands South America| Saint Kitts and Nevis South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| Cayman Islands South America| Colombia South America|