Monographs Details:
Authority:
Cowan, Richard S. 1967. Swartzia (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae Swartzieae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 1: 3-228. (Published by NYBG Press)
Cowan, Richard S. 1967. Swartzia (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae Swartzieae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 1: 3-228. (Published by NYBG Press)
Family:
Fabaceae
Fabaceae
Synonyms:
Swartzia myrtifolia var. guatemalensis Donn.Sm.
Swartzia myrtifolia var. guatemalensis Donn.Sm.
Description:
Description - Shrub or tree to 8 m tall, the branchlets strigulose, glabrescent; stipules persistent, 2-3.5 mm long, linear, minutely strigulose externally, glabrescent; petioles 8-22 mm long, alate, the wing nearly as long as the petiole, 4-8 mm wide, oblanceolate to obovate, the apex deeply emarginate, the lobes rounded-obtuse to acute, the petiole strigulose beneath on the costa and wing, or the wing glabrous; rachis 10-22 mm long, the wings oblanceolate, glabrous, or pubescent as the petiole; leaves 1-3-foliolate, the petiolules 1-1.5 mm long, strigulose, the blades of the lateral leaflets smaller than the terminal one, 4-8.5 cm long, 3-3.5 cm wide, terminal leaflets 7-15(-19) cm long, 3-6.5 cm wide, the blades elliptic to lanceolate, the base obtuse to rounded-obtuse, the apex acuminate to caudate-acuminate, the tip obtuse or truncate, glabrous or sometimes more or less strigulose beneath on the costa, the venation prominulous, the costa and primary veins more or less salient; inflorescence 4-6 cm long, axillary to supra-axillary, the axis sparingly strigulose, the bracts deciduous, 0.5-1 mm long, strigulose, the bracteoles persistent, ca 1.5 mm long, subulate, sparingly strigulose; pedicels 10-13(-17) mm long, strigulose; buds globose, 7-8 mm diameter, glabrous; calyx segments glabrous, deciduous; petal yellow, glabrous, the claw ca 2 mm long, the blade rounded, 20-25 mm diameter; larger stamens 8 or 9, glabrous, the filaments 13-14 mm long, the anthers ca 2 mm long and 0.8 mm wide, the smaller stamens glabrous, the filaments ca 9 mm long, the anthers ca 1 mm long; gynoecium glabrous, the stigma capitellate, the style ca 5 mm long, the ovary ca 5 mm long and 1.5 mm wide, arcuate-fusiform, the gynophore 10-11 mm long; fruit elliptic in outline, 3-3.5 cm long, 1.5-2 cm diameter, the persistent stylar remnant 6-7 mm long, the stipe 11-18 mm long.
Description - Shrub or tree to 8 m tall, the branchlets strigulose, glabrescent; stipules persistent, 2-3.5 mm long, linear, minutely strigulose externally, glabrescent; petioles 8-22 mm long, alate, the wing nearly as long as the petiole, 4-8 mm wide, oblanceolate to obovate, the apex deeply emarginate, the lobes rounded-obtuse to acute, the petiole strigulose beneath on the costa and wing, or the wing glabrous; rachis 10-22 mm long, the wings oblanceolate, glabrous, or pubescent as the petiole; leaves 1-3-foliolate, the petiolules 1-1.5 mm long, strigulose, the blades of the lateral leaflets smaller than the terminal one, 4-8.5 cm long, 3-3.5 cm wide, terminal leaflets 7-15(-19) cm long, 3-6.5 cm wide, the blades elliptic to lanceolate, the base obtuse to rounded-obtuse, the apex acuminate to caudate-acuminate, the tip obtuse or truncate, glabrous or sometimes more or less strigulose beneath on the costa, the venation prominulous, the costa and primary veins more or less salient; inflorescence 4-6 cm long, axillary to supra-axillary, the axis sparingly strigulose, the bracts deciduous, 0.5-1 mm long, strigulose, the bracteoles persistent, ca 1.5 mm long, subulate, sparingly strigulose; pedicels 10-13(-17) mm long, strigulose; buds globose, 7-8 mm diameter, glabrous; calyx segments glabrous, deciduous; petal yellow, glabrous, the claw ca 2 mm long, the blade rounded, 20-25 mm diameter; larger stamens 8 or 9, glabrous, the filaments 13-14 mm long, the anthers ca 2 mm long and 0.8 mm wide, the smaller stamens glabrous, the filaments ca 9 mm long, the anthers ca 1 mm long; gynoecium glabrous, the stigma capitellate, the style ca 5 mm long, the ovary ca 5 mm long and 1.5 mm wide, arcuate-fusiform, the gynophore 10-11 mm long; fruit elliptic in outline, 3-3.5 cm long, 1.5-2 cm diameter, the persistent stylar remnant 6-7 mm long, the stipe 11-18 mm long.
Discussion:
In spite of Donnell Smith’s statement that the leaves are rarely trifoliolate it is difficult to find a sheet without at least one such leaf. The very broadly winged rachis and petiole distinguishes the species from S. myrtifolia, its nearest relative with 5-9-foliolate leaves.
In spite of Donnell Smith’s statement that the leaves are rarely trifoliolate it is difficult to find a sheet without at least one such leaf. The very broadly winged rachis and petiole distinguishes the species from S. myrtifolia, its nearest relative with 5-9-foliolate leaves.
Distribution:
Guatemala Central America| Alta Verapaz Guatemala Central America| Retalhuleu Guatemala Central America|
Guatemala Central America| Alta Verapaz Guatemala Central America| Retalhuleu Guatemala Central America|
Common Names:
So solche
So solche