Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Senegalia tenuifolia (L.) Britton & Rose
Mimosa tenuifolia L. Sp. PI. 523. 1753.
Acacia tenuifoliaVJ\A.Sp.V. A: 1091. 1805.
Acacia mariinicensis Presl, Bot. Berm. 65. 1844 (according to Duss.).
Acacia microcephala A. Rich. Ess. Fl. Cub. 1: 469. 1845.
A clambering vine, very prickly, the twigs puberulent. Petiole more or less prickly, with a gland near the middle; pinnae many pairs; leaflets many pairs, linear, the midvein submarginal; inflorescence paniculate, puberulent; flowers capitate; calyx and corolla glabrous; legume oblong, 7-11 cm. long, 2-3 cm. broad, short-stipitate, glabrous.
TypR locality: tropical America.
Distribution: Cuba; Martinique; Guadeloupe; Guerrero to Costa Rica; Venezuela to Brazil.
- 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
