Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Cercidium goldmanii Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat Herb. 8:301. 1905.
A tree, 7-12 m. high, the glabrate, rather stout branches armed with spines about 10 mm. long, or shorter. Petiole about 5 mm. long; pinnae 1 or 2 pairs, the rachis sparingly shortpubescent; leaflets 3-5 pairs, oblong, rounded, 3-5 mm. long, glabrous on both sides; racemes short, few-flowered; pedicels 5-8 mm. long, pubescent ; calyx sparingly puberulent when young, soon glabrous, about 5 mm. long; petals about twice as long as the calyx; ovary glabrate; legume linear-oblong, flat and thin, glabrous, 5-9 cm. long, 8-.10 mm. wide, its base narrowly cuneate.
Type locality: San Geronimo, Oaxaca. 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
