Monographs Details:
Authority:

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

Fabaceae
Synonyms:

Tounatea standleyi Britton & Rose, Swartzia standleyi (Britton & Rose) Standl.
Description:

Description - Shrub or small tree 3-12 m tall; stipules 3.5-5.5 mm long, pilosulose or strigulose; petioles 6-30 mm long, minutely puberulous or pilosulose; rachis 35-75 mm long, usually conspicuously subulate-stipellate at the pair of leaflets; leaflet blades micro-puberulous on the upper surface of the costa, sparingly pilose beneath, at least on the basal part of the costa, or also on the blade; base of the gynoecia, fruits, and carpophores strigulose or puberulous.

Distribution:

Guatemala Central America| Izabal Guatemala Central America| Honduras Central America|