Senegalia maschalocephala (Griseb.) Britton & Rose

Senegalia maschalocephala (Griseb.) Britton & Rose
Acacia maschalocephala Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 82. 1866.
Stems climbing, the branches bearing numerous short recurved prickles, densely pilose, or becoming glabrate. Petiole short, bearing a small depressed gland; rachis of the leaf pilose and prickly like the branches; pinnae 6-10 pairs; leaflets 15-20 pairs, linear, falcate, 4-6 mm. long, glabrous, acutish, the faint midvein excentric; inflorescence axillary or somewhat paniculate; peduncles pilose, often prickly, 1-2 cm. long; heads globular, many-flowered; calyx puberulent; legume flat, thin, oblong, 8-10 cm. long, 15-18 mm. wide, tapering at base into a short slender stipe.
Type locality: Cuba. Distribution: Cuba.