Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Poincianella melanadenia (Rose) Britton & Rose
Poinciana melanadenia Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 13: 303. 1911. Caesalpinia melanadenia Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 23: 425. 1922.
A low bushy shrub, its branches short, nearly black. Petioles nearly filiform, 1-2 cm. long; pinnae 3; petiole and rachis stipitate-glandular and sparingly pilose; leaflets 4-6, oblong, 5-8 mm. long, obtuse, pubescent or glabrate, with sessile black glands along the margin, the lateral venation very obscure; inflorescence a short raceme, with 1 to 15 flowers; pedicels 6-8 mm. long, bearing stipitate glands, jointed above the middle; stamens a little longer than the petals, hairy at base; legume 3 cm. long, scythe-shaped, pubescent, and bearing large sessile black glands.
Type locality: Tehuacan. Puebla. Distribution: Puebla.
- 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
