Caesalpinia violacea (Mill.) Standl.
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Authority
Isley, Duane. 1975. Leguminosae of the United States: II. Subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25 (2): 1-228.
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Family
Caesalpiniaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Unarmed tree of glabrate aspect but with tomentulose young growth. Leafstalk 20-25 cm, puberulent or glabrate; pinnae 2-4 pairs; leaflets 6-9 pairs, petioluled, ovate to predominantly elliptic-oblong, usually acute, (2-)3-6 cm, (1.5-) 1.8-2.5(-3) r, glabrous or puberulent on petiolules, coriaceous, glossy above, light and reticulate beneath. Flowers in intercalary or terminally clustered terminal racemes 10-25 cm. Pedicels 6-9 mm, puberulent, apically slightly nodose-articulate; sepals unequal, the outer conspicuously cucullate and glandular pectinate-dentate, the others denticulate; petals yellow, punctate, unequal, the standard being short and stiff, 7-8 mm; stamens 10, slightly shorter than petals. Legume indehiscent, slender-stipitate (to 1.5 cm), oblong, flat, samaroid 6-12 cm long, (2.5-)3-4 cm wide; valves chartaceous-membranous, glabrous, margins puberulent. Seeds few.
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Discussion
Peltophorum linnaei Benth. (1840) P. brasiliense (L.) Urban (1900) Brasilettia violácea (Mill.) Britt. 8c Rose (1930) This species has been referred to Peltophorum by Fawcett and Rendle (1920) and Adams (1972) under the specific names cited above, and some of the introduced material in Florida is so identified. Were this affirmation correct, the several species of Caesalpinia with glandular-pectinate outer calyx lobe, certainly closely related, would necessarily be transfered to Peltophorum. But they lack the characteristic stigma of that genus, and the fruit, although indehiscent, is certainly not that of Peltophorum.
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Distribution
S Florida. Novelty. March-May as to material seen. Antilles and Central America.
West Indies| Central America|