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Comprehensive Description

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Lysiloma tergemina Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. 30: 534. 1875
A small tree, 3-4.5 m. high, or shrubby, glabrous throughout. Stipules reniform, suborbicular or broadly ovate, 8-15 mm. long, obtuse or acute, reticulate-veined, subcordate, persistent; petioles 2-3 cm. long, bearing a small orbicular gland at the end; pinnae 1 pair, on petiolvdes about one-half as long as the petioles; leaflets 1 h pairs, subchartaceous, obliquely oval, 4-9 cm. long, inequilateral, obtuse or rounded, reticulateveined; peduncles slender or filiform, 2.5-4 cm. long; flowers capitate, white; calyx membranous, about 2.5 mm. long, its teeth acute; corolla about 4 mm. long; legume oblong, glabrous, shining, 10-15 cm. long, 3.5-4.5 cm. wide, transversely veined, apiculate, narrowed at the base, its stipe 1-1.5 cm. long, its valves thin.
Type locality: [Acatlan] Puebla. Distribution: Puebla; Guerrero; Morclos.
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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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