Pithecellobium circinale (L.) Benth.

Pithecellobium circinale (L.) Benth. Lond. Journ. Bot. 3:
201. 1844.
Mimosa circinalis L. Sp. PI. 517. 1753.
Inga circinalis Willd. Sp. PI. 4: 1023^ 1806.
Inga spinifolia Desv. Journ. Bot. 1: 72. 1814.
Pithecolobium spinifolium Benth. Lond. Journ. Bot. 3: 200. 1844.
Feuilleea circinalis Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 187. 1891.
A shrub or a tree, 5-8 m. high, with slender puberulent or short-pilose twigs. Stipular spines 4-8 mm. long, stiff; petioles short-pilose, 0.5-1.5 cm. long, the apical gland depressed; pinnae 1 pair, rarely 2 pairs; leaflets 2 or 3 pairs, orbicular-obovate to elliptic, chartaceous, glabrous, 0.5-2.5 cm. long, obtuse, the midvein excurrent as a spmulose tip; heads shortracemose; peduncles puberulent or short-pilose, 0.5-2 cm. long; flowers white, densely puberulent; calyx about 1.5 mm. long; coroUa 5-6 mm. long; stamen-tube included ; legume curved or coiled, flat, glabrate, 6-8 mm. broad.
Type locality: Hispaniola. Distribution: Eastern Cuba; Hispaniola.