Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Chamaefistula viminea (L.) Britton & Rose
Cassia viminea L. Syst. ed. 10, 1016. 1759. Cassia melaiiwarpa IScrt.; DC. Prodr. 2: 491. 1825. ChamaefisliUii weliniumrpa G. Don. Gen. Hist. 2: 451. 1832. Scolodia viminea Raf. ,Sylva Tell. 128. 1838.
A trailing shrub, 2-3 m. long, the young branches somewhat angled, puberulent. Stipules setaceous, 5-10 ram. long; leaflets lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 3.5-6 cm. long, acuminate, dark green, glabrous and shining above, yellovfish green and glabrous or somewhat pubescent beneath; gland linear-cylindric, borne between the lower pair and also sometimes between tlie upper pair of leaflets; inflorescence usually paniculate; bracts lanceolate, caducous, 12-16 mm. long; sepals 4-6 mm. long; petals puberulent, 12-16 mm. long; legume 4-10 cm. long, black, smooth, about 1.5 cm. thick.
Type uocauty: Jamaica. Distribution: Jamaica.
- 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
