Cynometra americana Vogel

Cynometra americana Vogel, Linnaea 10: 602. 1836
A shrub with slender glabrous twigs, the leaves glabrous. Petioles about 1 cm. long or shorter; leaflets 2, obliquely ovate-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, chartaceous, 7-14 cm. long, about 6 cm. wide, or less, narrowed above, rather long-acuminate, the apex blunt, or retuse; fascicles many-flowered; pedicels pilose, 6-12 mm. long; sepals ovate, 3-3.5 mm. long; petals obovate, about 4 mm. long; stamens about 7 mm. long; young legume obliquely elliptic, pubescent, apiculate, about 1.5 cm. long.
Type locality: Port au Prince, Haiti. Distribution: Haiti.