Myroxylon

• Authority

  Isely, Duane. 1981. Leguminosae of the United States. III. Subfamily Papilionoideae: tribes Sophoreae, Podalyrieae, Loteae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25 (3): 1-264.

• Family

  Fabaceae

• Scientific Name

  Myroxylon

• Description

  Species Description - Trees with odd-pinnate leaves. Leaflets alternate, punctate, estipellate. Stipules abortive. Flowers small and drab, in axillary or clustered terminal racemes. Bracts tiny, leathery, inconspicuous; bracteoles none. Calyx broadly campanulate with subequal, reduced, valvate lobes. Corolla subpapilionaceous; standard broad; wing and keel petals asymmetric, little differentiated, free. Stamens free; equal filaments short, anthers large, dorsifixed. Pistil stipitate, samaroid, winged, usually 1-seeded, indehiscent, persistent.

• Discussion

  Toluifera L. x = 9 (Atchison, 1951).

• Distribution

  American tropics, ca. 12 species. One introduced in the U.S.