Pithecellobium unguis-cati (L.) Benth.
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Filed As
Mimosaceae
Pithecellobium unguis-cati (L.) Benth. -
Collector(s)
W. D. Hawthorne 117 with C.E. Hughes & R. Wise, 21 Nov 1999
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Location
Grenada. Saint George. St. George, Lance aux Epines, Lance aux Epines Peninsula, road 0.5 km. N of Prickly Point.
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Habitat
Growing in garden hedge but also scattered in surrounding dry, coastal thickets and disturbed, dry, scrub woodland. Abundant.
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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.
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Notes (shown on label)
(RHS colour code: Leaf upper= 139A, below= 138B).
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Identifiers
NY Barcode: 01255356
Occurrence ID: 73d24b5c-fff2-4f3c-bcd3-272bfbf3dac2
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Fabales
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Family
Fabaceae
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All Determinations
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Region
West Indies
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Country
Grenada
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State/Province
Saint George
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Locality
St. George, Lance aux Epines, Lance aux Epines Peninsula, road 0.5 km. N of Prickly Point.
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Coordinates
12, -61.78
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Distribution
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Pithecellobium unguis-cati (L.) Benth.