Dalbergia ecastaphyllum (L.) Taub.
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 51: 1-483.
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Family
Fabaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Clambering or scandent shrub, much branched from the base, attaining 1-5 m in length. Stems cylindrical, white-pubescent. Leaves alternate, unifoliolate (exceptionally with 3-foliolate leaves on the same plant); leaflets 6- 1 2 x 4.5-8 cm, ovate or oblong, coriaceous, the apex obtuse to acuminate, the base rounded to almost cordiform, the margins entire; upper surface dark green, dull, glabrous, with the venation sunken; lower surface light green, puberulent, with prominent venation; petioles 5-10 mm long, pubescent; stipels absent; stipules ovate to lanceolate, 4- 1 mm long, white-sericeous, deciduous. Inflorescences of axillary panicles 1-4 cm long, densely ferruginous-tomentose; bracts minute, deciduous. Calyx campanulate, 2.5-3.5 mm long, green, ferruginous-tomentose; corolla pink or white, the standard rounded, ca. 7 mm long, retuse, unguiculate, the wings longer than the standard. Legume 2-2.3 x 1.5-2 cm, oblong to almost circular, flattened, indehiscent. brown when ripe. Seed solitary, up to 1.7 cm long.
Phenology - Flowering and fruiting throughout the year.
Conservation Status - Native, common.