Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Cashalia cuscatlanica Standley, Journ. Wash Acad. 13: 441. 1923.
A very large tree, the young branches and petioles densely brown-pilose with stiff spreading hairs. Leaves 20-35 cm. long; leaflets 11-13, oblong, acuminate, 9-23 cm. long, glabrous above, pilose beneath; inflorescence 3 dm. long or shorter; flowering pedicels 2-3 mm. long; calyx about 8 mm. long, densely brown-tomentose ; petal 18 mm. long, 15 mm. broad, tomentose without, glabrous within; stamens 15 mm. long; legume 6-10 cm. long, densely tomentulose; seeds 3-4 cm. long.
Type locality: On the Finca Colima, Sierra de Apaneca. Ahuachapan, El Salvador. Distribution: El Salvador.
- 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
