Bauhinia bauhinioides (Mart.) J. F. Macbr.

Bauhinia bauhinioides (Mart.) Britton & Rose
Perlebia bauhinioides Mart, in Spix & Mart. Reise Bras. 1: 555. 1828. Bauhinia microphylla Vogel, Linnaea 13: 301. 1839.
A much-branched shrub, 2-3 m. high, the prickles about 1 cm. long or shorter, the slender twigs glabrous. Leaves glabrous, 2-foliolate; petioles 6-12 mm. long; leaflets obliquely elliptic-suborbicular, 3-4-nerved, 1.5-3 cm. long, the apex rounded; flowers solitary in the axils or short-racemose, greenishwhite;" pedicels 1-2 cm. long; calyx finely puberulent, about 3 cm. long, its tube about 1.5 cm. long; petals nearly linear, acute, shorter than the calyx; perfect stamens 5; anthers 8 mm. long; staminoides 5, or wanting; legume 8-15 cm. long, 12-15 mm. wide.
Type locality: Brazil.
Distribution: Havana, Cuba; Grenada. Native of Brazil and Paraguay.