False Tamarind

Lysiloma bahamensis Benth. Lond. Journ. Bot. 3: 82. 1844
Acacia bahamensis Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 221. 1860.
Lysiloma lalisiliqua A. Gray; Sauvalle, Anales Acad. Habana 5: 406. 1869. Not Mimosa lalisiliqua L. 1753.
A tree, attaining a ma.xiraum height of about 16 m. with a trunk up to 1 m. in diameter, the smooth, gray bark splitting into scales, the twigs slender, glabrous. Stipules ovate, acuminate; leaves 8-14 cm. long, the petiole bearing a large gland near the lowest pair of pinnae; pinnae 2-5 pairs, 3-8 cm. long; leaflets 10-33 pairs, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, sessile, 8-15 mm. long, obtuse, unequally rounded at the base, glabrous; heads racemose, globose, on peduncles 2-4 cm. long; flowers white, mostly perfect; calj-x campanulate, about 1 mm. long; corolla twice as long as the calyx, its lobes reflexed; stamens twice as long as the corolla; legume linear-oblong, S-I5 cm. long, 2-2.5 cm. wide, nearly straight, pointed; seeds fiat, about 12 mm. long, dark brown, shining.
Type locality: Bahamas.
Distribution: Florida; Bahamas; Cuba; Hispaniola; Yucatan.