Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Zygia peckii (B. L. Robinson) Britton & Rose
Inga Peckii B. L. Robinson, Proc. Am. Acad. 49: 502. 1913.
A shrub or tree, the twigs glabrous. Leaves sessile or nearly so, bearing a large gland between the pinnae; pinnae 1 pair; leaflets 2-3 pairs, oblong, acuminate, 9-17 cm. long, glabrous; peduncle short, axillary; flowers about 18, capitate; calyx 2 mm. long, glabrous; corolla glabrous; staminal tube e.xserted; legume 13 cm. long, 2 cm. broad, a little curved, glabrous.
Type locality: British Honduras. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
- bibliographic citation
- Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
