Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Adipera indecora (H.B.K.) Britton & Rose
Cassia indecora H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 6: 344. 1824. Chamaefistula indecora G. Don, Gen. Hist. 2: 452. 1832. Cassia bicapsularis pubescens Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. 27: 525. 1871. Cassia manzaniltoana Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 1: 325. 1895. Cassia bicapsularis indecora Urban, Symb. Ant. 2: 268. 1900.
A shrub, 1-4 m. high, the branches and inflorescence usually velvety-pubescent. Leaflets 3-5 pairs, thin, glabrous above, softly pubescent beneath, obovate, 1.5-4.5 cm. long; gland subclavatc or cylindric, borne between the lower pair of leaflets; inflorescence usually much longer than the leaves, several-many-flowered; bracts linear, green, pubescent, caducous; pedicels 6-10 mm. long; sepals usually more or less pubescent; three of the anthers beaked; ovary densely pubescent; staminodes long-stalked; legume S-I5 cm. long, about 1 cm. in diameter, terete or nearly so.
Type locality: Caracas, Venezuela.
Distribution: Tepic to Panama, Colombia and Brazil, Cuba; Hispaniola; Trinidad; introduced { nto the Canary Islands.
- 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
