Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Caesalpinia domingensis Urban, vSymb. Aiit. 2: 279. 1900
Glabrous, the branches terete, prickly, the prickles 3-8 mm. long. Leaves unarmed, with 1 or 2 pairs of pinnae; petiole 5-10 mm. long; leaflets 3-5 pairs, narrowly obovate, emarginate, 8-15 mm. long, strongly reticulate-veined on both sides, minutely glandular-punctate beneath; racemes terminal, many-flowered; ped eels 2-3.5 cm. long, jointed near the top; calyx-tube obconic; petals yellowish-granular, truncate, shorter than the calyx.
Type locality: Santo Domingo. Distribution: Hispaniola.
- 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
