Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Chamaecrista caribaea (Northrop) Britton, Bull. Torrey Club
44: 8. 1917.
Cassia caribaea Northrop, Mem. Torrey Club 12: 39. 1902.
A branched shrub, 1 m. high, or lower, the twigs sparingly appressed-pubescent, or glabrate. Stipules lanceolate-subulate, about 4 mm. long; petiolar gland, when present, nearly cylindric; leaflets 2-4 pairs, coriaceous, glabrous, shining, oblong to narrowly elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, acute, mucronate, strongly veined, 1.5-2.5 cm. long; pedicels 1 or 2, glabrous, very slender, 2-3 cm. long ; sepals pilose on the back, about 1 cm. long ; petals about twice as long as the sepals ; egume linear, sparingly short-pubescent, 3-5.5 cm. long, 5-7 mm. wide.
Type locality: Fresh Creek. Andres, Bahamas. Distribution: Bahamas.
- 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
