Comprehensive Description
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Leucaena salvadorensis Standley, sp. nov
Twigs, petioles and peduncles finely pubenilent. Glands large, suborbicular, concave with thick margins, borne at or below the lower pair of pinnae and just below the upper pair; pinnae 6-8 pairs, slender-stalked ; leaflets 25-35 pairs, narrowly oblong, 10-14 mm. long, faintly veined, glabrous, pale green, the apex obtuse or rounded, the base obliquely subtruncate, the midvein very excentric; peduncles clustered, 1.5-4 cm. long, very stout in fruit; involucre small, appressed; flowers glabrous; calyx 2.5 mm. long, puberulent; petals 4 mm. long, puberulent; stamens about 6 mm. long; legume 15-18 cm. long, 2.5 cm. wide, finely velutinous, the tip triangular, the base cuneate, the stout stipe about 1.5 cm. long.
Jocoro, Morazan, El Salvador, 1924, Caldcrbn 2031, coll. J. M. Peria.
- 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
Leucaena salvadorensis: Brief Summary
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Leucaena salvadorensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
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