Pithecellobium furcatum Benth. articles

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Pithecellobium furcatum Benth. Lond. Journ Bot. 5: 106. 1846.
FeuilUea furcata Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 187. 1891.
A nearly unarmed shrub, the twigs at first puberulent but soon glabrate. Rachis of the leaf winged, glabrous, bearing a sessile cup-shaped gland at the top; pinnae 1 pair; rachilla also winged, bearing a small gland at the top; leaflets 1 pair, obovate-oblong, acuminate, 7-10 cm. long, oblique, glabrous; peduncles slender, 3 cm. long; spikes 1-2 cm. long; bractlets minute, ovate, persistent; calyx 5 mm. long, puberulent; corolla 10 mm. long, villous; stamens 4 cm. long, the tube slender, long-exserted.
Type locality: On the Rio Teapa. Oaxaca. Distribution: Oaxaca and Chiapas.

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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

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