Mimosa platycarpa Benth.

Neomimosa platycarpa (Benth.) Britton & Rose
Mimosa platycarpa Benth. Trans. Linn. See. 30: 417. 1875.
A shrub, the twigs glabrous or when very young slightly pubescent, bearing small, recurved prickles or unarmed. Stipules small, setaceous; pinnae 6-10 pairs; leaflets 15-25 pairs, linear, 3-5 mm. long, obtuse, or acute, glabrous, sometimes ciliate, the midvein central; spikes slender, 2.5 cm. long, loosely flowered; flowers 5-parted; stamens 10; legume stipitate, flat and thin, glabrous, 3-4 cm. long, 2 cm. wide, narrowed at base and apex, the margins prickly, the valves unarmed.
Type locality: Guatemala. Distribution: Guatemala.