Chamaecrista caribaea (Northr.) Britton
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Caesalpiniaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A branched shrub, 1 m. high or less, the young twigs sparingly appressed pubescent or glabrate. Petiole 2-7 mm. long, bearing a nearly cylindric gland or glandless; leaflets 2-4 pairs, coriaceous, glabrous, shining, inequilateral, oblong to narrowly elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, sessile, acute and mucronate at the apex, obliquely rounded at the base, strongly veined, 1.5 2.5 cm. long; stipules lanceolate-subulate, about 4 mm. long; flowers solitary in the axils, rarely 2, peduncles glabrous, very slender, 2-3 em. long; calyx about 1 cm. long; the outer sepals pilose on the back; petals about twice as long as the sepals, obovate; pod linear, 3-5.5 cm. long, 5-7 mm. wide, sparingly shortpubescent.
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Distribution
Rocky scrub and pine-lands, Andros, New Providence and Cat Island. Endemic.
South Andros Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Cat Island Bahamas South America|