Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Poincianella laxa (Benth.) Britton & Rose
Caesalpinia laxa Benth. PI. Hartw. 60. 1S40.
A shrub, 1 m. high or higher, the twigs and young petioles pilose, the plant otherwise glabrous. Pinnae 6-9; leaflets 6-9 pairs, 6-S mm. long, oval to elliptic, obtuse or retuse at both ends; raceme terminal; calyx colored; corolla about half as long as the stamens; filaments hairy at base, the irmer ones glanduliferous above the middle.
Type locality: Teojomulco. Oaxaca.
Distribution: Definitely 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
