Pithecellobium discolor Britton
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Mimosaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A shrub, or a small tree up to 7 m. high, the young twigs and leaves densely puberulent, the old leaves glabrous or somewhat puberulent, 1-2 dm. long; petioles stout, 1-2 cm. long; pinnae 3 or 4 pairs, the glands on the rachis between them small and orbicular; leaflets 3-6 pairs, obovate, chartaceous, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, dark green above, pale beneath, reticulate-veined, obtuse or retuse; peduncles axillary, 5-11 cm. long; flowers short-racemose; pedicels puberulent; calyx 4-5 mm. long, puberulent; corolla puberulent, 7-8 mm. long; stamens 1.5-2 em. long; pod coiled, 6-8 em. long, 8-10 mm. wide; seeds blue and white, shining, orbicular, 4 mm. broad.