Pithecellobium lanceolatum (Willd.) Benth.

Pithecellobium lanceolatum (H. & B.) Benth. Lond. Journ. Bot 5: 105. 1846.
Inga lanceolata H. & B.; Willd. Sp. PI. 4: 1005. 1806.
Mimosa ligustrina Jacq. Fragm. 29. 1801.
Inga Ugustrina WMd.Sp. P. i: 1007. 1806.
Mimosa lanceolala Poir. in Lam. Encyc!. Suppl. 1: 37. 1810.
Pithecolobium liguslrinum Klotzsch; Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. 30: .571. 1875. Not Benth. 1844.
Feuilleea ligustrina Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 188. 1891.
A tree, 5-12 m. high, the twigs glabrous, the bark smooth or rimose. Stipular spines 0.4-2 cm. long; petioles glabrous or puberulent, 4 cm. long or shorter, with a discoid apical gland; pinnae 1 pair; leaflets 1 pair, coriaceous or subchartaceous, glabrous, 2-7.5 cm. long, obtuse or acutish; peduncles puberulent, 1-5 cm. long; spikes dense, 4-12 cm. long, the rachis puberulent or pubescent; bractlets minute, deltoid, deciduous; flowers white, puberulent or short-pubescent; calyx 2-3 mm. long; corolla 5-6 mm. long; stamen-sheath 6-8 mm. long; ovary sessile or short-stipitate ; legume subterete, nearly straight, or ciu-ved, glabrous, 8-14 cm. long, about 1 cm. broad; seeds compressed, black.
Type locality: Nova Barcelona [Venezuela].
Distribution: Sinaloa to Costa Rica. Colombia and Venezuela.