Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Gaumerocassia ekmaniana (Urban) Britton
Cassia Klitnaniana Urban, Symb. Ant. 9: 442. 1928.
A tree, 10 m. high or higher, the twigs, petioles and inflorescence rather densely shortpube.scent. Leaflets 5-7 pairs, broadly oblong to elliptic, 2-6 cm. long, 0.7-2 cm. wide, acute, or obtuse, glabrous above, short-pubescent on the midvein beneath; inflorescence a short, manyflowered raceme; bracts lanceolate, 4-6 mm. long, caducous; pedicels slender, 1.5-2.5 cm. long; sepals unequal, broadly ovate to obovate, 3-5 mm. long; petals unequal, 9-15 mm. long; legume broadly linear, 8-12 cm. long, 9-12 mm. broad, glabrous, stipitate.
Type locality: Between Remates and Gayales. Pinar del Rio, Cuba. Distribution: Pinar del Rio, Cuba; Yucatan.
- 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
