Caesalpinia vesicaria L.
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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 or tree up to about 7 in. high, the twigs and leaves glabrous, armed with few prickles 4-8 mm. long, or unarmed. Leaves 1-2.5 dm. long; petioles 1-3 cm. long; pinnae 2 or 3 pairs, stalked; leaflets 1-3 pairs, obliquely cuneate-obovate, subcoriaceous, 1-4 cm. long, subtruncate or emarginate at the apex, narrowed or obtuse at the base, dark green and shining above, pale and rather dull beneath; racemes simple or compound, mostly as long as the leaves or longer; pedicels slender, jointed near the top, 6-9 mm. long; calyx 8-9 mm. long; petals a little longer than the calyx; stamens about as long as the petals, the filaments densely villous; pod oblong, straight, coriaceous, indehiscent, 4-6 cm. long, 12-20 mm. wide, about 4 mm. thick, pubescent when young, becoming glabrous; seeds few, orbicular, shining, brown.
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Distribution
Coastal thickets and rocky coppices. Great Guaria Cay, Long Island and Groat Ragged Island: Cuba; Jamaica: Yucatan. Brasiletto.
Long Island Bahamas South America| Cuba South America| Jamaica South America| Yucatán Mexico North America|