Monographs Details:
Authority:

Cowan, Richard S. 1967. Swartzia (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae Swartzieae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 1: 3-228. (Published by NYBG Press)
Family:

Fabaceae
Synonyms:

Swartzia glabra Vogel
Description:

Description - Branchlets more or less minutely strigulose but soon glabrescent; stipules 2.5-3.5 mm long, glabrous; petioles 2.5-5 cm long, narrowly alate, glabrous, the rachis 2.5-6.5 cm long, narrowly alate, glabrous; leaflets (1- or) 2-jugate, glabrous, the petiolules 0.5-2 mm long, the blades rigid-coriaceous, 5.5-10.5 cm long, 3.5-7 cm wide; inflorescence axillary, 4-10(-20) cm long, the axis sparingly strigulose minutely at the base but otherwise glabrous, the bracts 0.6-0.8 mm long, 0.4 mm wide, lanceolate or triangular; pedicels 9-20 mm long; larger stamens 2, the filaments ca 4 mm long; gynoecium glabrous, the style ca 0.4 mm long, the gynophore ca 4.5 mm long; fruit not seen.

Distribution:

Brazil South America| Sergipe Brazil South America| Espirito Santo Brazil South America|