Pterolobium stellatum (Forssk.) Brenan

Small specimen portion removed for phylogenomic analysis:
Phylogenomic discovery and engineering of nitrogen fixation into the
bioenergy woody crop poplar (DOE).
R. Folk et al. (FLAS)	Oct. 2017
Voucher (7287). N = 12. From this plant.
Camera lucida drawing of diakinesis in PMC.
Scale: 22 mm = 10 mu
FABACEAE
7287 PTEROLOBIUM STELLATUM CForsk.) Brenan
Coll: Richard Spellenberg*
12 JUL 1983
YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC, Ibb Governate, ca. 2 air
miles y of Ibb, near Acama, SW slopes, in
area that was once Acacia, Ficus, Cordia,
arborescent Euphorbia, now mostly terraced
with Sorghum, grazed field edges;
mountaionous; elev. ca. 2000 m.
Flowers cream; fruits reddish; scrambling
over rocks in a bush like growth to 2 m tall,
4 m across, with its cat-claws forming an
impenetrable barrier; common in canyons where
protected, often just above the uppermost
terraces. Visited by bees and wasps.
Affords protection to other forbs.
Distributed from NMC to: UPS, NY
Det. by: A. Hunde (UPS)
US-AID Ibb Sec. Aqric. Institute Project
03196985