Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Jupunba nervosa (Urban) Britton & Rose
Pithecolobium nervosum Urban, Symb. Ant. 2: 257. 1900.
A tree with nearly glabrous foliage, the young twigs sparingly pilose. Pinnae 1 pair, with a rounded concave gland between them; leaflets 3 or 4 pairs, obliquely oblong to rhomboid, chartaceous, shining, 3-5 cm. long, pinnately closely parallel-veined and reticulated, the midvein excentric, the apex acutish or obtuse, the base rounded; peduncles 2-3 cm. long; flowers capitate; calyx small, cupuliform, pilulose, its teeth short; corolla glabrous, much longer than the calyx; ovary glabrous.
Type locality: Near Corail. Haiti. Distribution: 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
