Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Caesalpinia pauciflora (Griseb.) C. Wright; Sauv. Anal. Acad Habana5:404. 1869.
Libidibia pauciflora Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 78. 1866. Poinciana pauciflora Small, Flora SE. U. S. 591. 1903.
A slender prickly shrub, 1-2 m. high, glabrous throughout, the older stems armed with broad, coiky-based prickles about 1 cm. long. Leaves 3-7 cm. long; pinnae 2-6 pairs; leaflets 4-6 pairs, oblong to orbicular, 6-12 mm. long, membranous, 1 -veined, obtuse or retuse; pedicels 1-2.5 cm. long, jointed near the top; outer sepal 4 or 5 mm. long; petals 6-7 mm. long; stamens 8-10 mm. long, hairy below; legume obliquely oblong, 2-3.5 cm. long, 8-10 mm. wide, obliquely finely reticulate-veined, short-stipitate.
Type locality: Cuba.
Distribution: Cuba, Hispaniola, and Keys of Florida.
- 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
