Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Lennea melanocarpa (Schlecht.) Yatke; Harms, Repert Sp. Nov. 19: 68. 1923.
Robinia melanocarpa Schlecht. Linnaea 12: 305. 1838.
Lennea robinioides Klotzsch; Link, Klotzsch S: Otto, Ic. PI. Rar. Hort. Berol. 2: 65. 1842.
Calotnorphe Ehrenbergiana Kunze; Walp. Rep. 1: 680, as synonym. 1842.
A shrub, 1 m. high or more, perhaps sometimes a low tree; branches slender, glabrous; leaves about 1 dm. long; stipules 1-2 mm. long, subulate; stipels less than 1 mm. long; rachis slender, glabrous; leaflets 9-13, elliptic, rounded at the apex, acutish at the base, short-petioluled, glabrous, entire, 4-5 cm. long, 1.5-2 cm. wide; racemes slender, drooping, often paired; pedicels 2-3 mm. long; calyx about 2 mm. high and broad; teeth triangular, acute; corolla redpurple, about I cm. long, the petals subequal and yellowish at the base; banner obcordate; keel-petals united at the apex; pod 5-7 cm. long, 12 mm. wide, tapering into a short stipe at the base, reddishfuscous, 3-4-seeded, glabrous.
Type locality: Cultivated specimens from Mexican seeds. Distribution: Veracruz.
- bibliographic citation
- Per Axel Rydberg. 1919. (ROSALES); FABACEAE; PSORALEAE. North American flora. vol 24(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
