Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Samanea filipes (Vent.) Britton cS: Rose
Inga ftlipes Vent. Choix des Plantes. pi. 3S. 1803. Pilhecolobiiim filipes Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. 30: 588. 1875. Feuilleea filipes Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 187. 1891.
A small tree, the foliage glabrous. Petioles short; stipules very short, caducous; rachis with a small cupulate gland between each pair of pinnae ; pinnae 2 or 3 pairs ; leaflets 4 pairs, obovate, coriaceous, obtuse, 2-3 cm. long; peduncles slender, reflexed, as long as the pinnae or longer; flowers sessile; caly.x about 4 mm. long; corolla slender, about 12 mm. long, its teeth short; stamen-tube nearly as long as the corolla; legume about 2 dm. long, turgid, pointed, impressed between the oval seeds.
Type locality: Santo Domingo.
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
- 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
