Lysiloma bahamense Benth.
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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 tree, attaining a maximum height of about 16 m. with a trunk up to 1 m. in diameter, the smooth, gray bark splitting into scales, the branches spreading, the twigs slender, glabrous; stipules ovate, acuminate; leaves 8-14 cm. long, the petiole bearing a large gland near the lowest pair of pinnae; pinnae 2-5 pairs, 3-8 em. long; leaflets 10-33 pairs, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, sessile, 8-15 mm. long, obtuse at the apex, unequally rounded at the base, glabrous; heads 1.5-2 cm. in diameter, racemose, globose, on peduncles 2-4 cm. long; flowers white, mostly perfect; calyx campanulate, about 1 mm. long; corolla twice as long as the calyx, its lobes reflexed; stamens about 20, twice as long as the corolla; pod linear-oblong, 8-15 em. long, 2-2.5 cm. wide, nearly straight, pointed; seeds flat, about 12 mm. long, dark brown, shining.
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Distribution
Coppices and scrub-lands, Abaco and Great Bahama throughout the archipelago to Caicos and Inagua : Florida ; Cuba ; Yucatan. Wild Tamarind.
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America| Yucatán Mexico North America|