Chamaecrista inaguensis (Britton) 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 much-branched shrub, 6-12 dm. high, the twigs pubescent. Leaflets 1 or 2 pairs, glabrous, coriaceous, rigid, shining, oblong to obovate, strongly and finely many-veined, emarginate or rounded at the apex, narrowed but not cuneate at the base, more or less inequilateral, 1.5-3 cm. long, 5-13 mm. wide; petiole 2-6 mm. long, sparingly pubescent, bearing a stipitate gland near the top; stipules lanceolate-subulate, 2-4 mm. long, pubescent, persistent; flowers solitary in the axils, numerous, the filiform sparingly pubescent peduncles 2-3 cm. long; sepals pubescent, at least at the base, obliquely lanceolate, acuminate, 1 cm. long or less; petals golden yellow, about 1.5 cm. long; young legume densely pubescent.
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Distribution
Open scrub-land, Grand Turk Island, Caicos and Inagua. Endemic.
Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Grand Turk Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America|