Pithecellobium unguis-cati (L.) Benth.

  • Filed As

    Mimosaceae
    Pithecellobium unguis-cati (L.) Benth.

  • Collector(s)

    W. D. Hawthorne 117 with C.E. Hughes & R. Wise, 21 Nov 1999

  • Location

    Grenada. Saint George. St. George, Lance aux Epines, Lance aux Epines Peninsula, road 0.5 km. N of Prickly Point.

  • Habitat

    Growing in garden hedge but also scattered in surrounding dry, coastal thickets and disturbed, dry, scrub woodland. Abundant.

  • Description

    Small multi-stemmed, very branchy and thorny hedge tree to 3 m. height. Outer bark plae grey, smooth, but with sharply defined horizontal hoops. Leaflet size veryvariable both on single shoots and amongst individuals, upper surface - tinged reddish around margin and midrib on exposed plants, slightly glossy, midrib assymetric and slightly prominent, lower surface - fine veins obscure, midrib reddish-yellow. Flowers: calyx and corolla pale cream-green, filaments cream fading reddish on some plants. Pods orange-red, spirally twisted, ripe dihisced pods with exposed, shiny, black, seeds on bright, red arils. Phenology of specimen: Flower, Fruit.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    (RHS colour code: Leaf upper= 139A, below= 138B).

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 01255356

    Occurrence ID: 73d24b5c-fff2-4f3c-bcd3-272bfbf3dac2

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  • Region

    West Indies

  • Country

    Grenada

  • State/Province

    Saint George

  • Locality

    St. George, Lance aux Epines, Lance aux Epines Peninsula, road 0.5 km. N of Prickly Point.

  • Coordinates

    12, -61.78

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