Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Cojoba sophorocarpa (Benth.) Britton & Rose
Pithecolobiiim sophorocarpum Benth.; Benth. & Hook. Gen. PI. 1: 598. 1S65. Feuilleea sophorocarpa Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 189. 1891.
A shrub or tree, the twigs, leaf-rachis, and peduncles puberulent. Leaves large; stipules small, caducous; pinnae I to 5 pairs (3 pairs in our specimen) with a small orbicular scurfy gland between each pair; leaflets 5 to 12 pairs, oblong-lanceolate, somewhat oblique, reticulateveined, acute, 3-5 cm. long, puberulent on the midvein beneath; petiolules thickened; peduncles axillary, slender, 3-5 cm. long; "flowers sessile, capitate, glabrous; calyx 2 mm. long; corolla 5 mm. long; stamens twice as long as the corolla, their tube included"; legume fleshy; "seeds about 9, ovoid to globose, 12 mm. in diameter."
Type locality: Central America, probably Costa Rica. Distribution: Costa Rica.
- 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
