Gymnocladus

  • Authority

    Isley, Duane. 1975. Leguminosae of the United States: II. Subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25 (2): 1-228.

  • Family

    Caesalpiniaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Gymnocladus

  • Description

    Genus Description - Unarmed trees. Leaves large, bipinnate. Inflorescences polygamous, axillary to leaves among new terminal growth, or variously intercalary, inconspicuous, racemose or paniculate. Flowers greenish-white with an elongate hypanthium; calyx and corolla essentially regular and similar; stamens 10, included, of two lengths, the longer opposite calyx lobes; ovary sessile. Legume indehiscent, sessile, asymmetrically oblong, turgid, woody when mature, persistent.

  • Discussion

    CBN x = 14.

  • Distribution

    Temperate America and Asia, 2 or 3 species.

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