Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Trachylobium verrucosum (Gaertn.) Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 311. 1871.
IJymeiiaca verrucosa Gaertn. Fruct. 2: 306. 1791.
A tree, about 10 m. high, or higher, the twigs and leaves glabrous. Leaflets obliquely ovate-elliptic, coriaceous, 4-8 'cm. long, dark green and shining above, pale green, dull, and finely reticulate-veined beneath, the apex abruptly acute, the base rounded, the midvein excentric; inflorescence puberulent; panicle large; pedicels about 2 mm. long; calyx sericeous, its segments about 6 mm. long; petals nearly equal, about twice as long as the calyx; legume ellipsoid, obtuse, verrucose and densely puberulent, 3-5 cm. long.
Type locality: Madagascar.
Distribution: Naturalized in Camaguay and Oriente, Cuba. Native of Madaga.scar.
- 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
