Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Havardia platyloba (vSpreng.) Britton & Rose
Acacia platyloba Spren%. Syst. 3: 144. 1826.
Pithecolobium sericiflorum Benth. Lond. Journ. Bot. 5: 105. 1846. Feuilleea platyloba Kuntze. Rev. Gen. PI. 186. 1891. Pithecolobium platylobum Urban, Symb. Ant. 5: 360. 1908.
A shrub or small tree, the twigs glabrous, bearing short recurved stipular spines. Petiole glabrous, bearing an oblong sessile gland; piimae 2 pairs; leaflets 2 or 3 pairs, obovate to orbicular, obtuse, 1-2.5 cm. long, glabrous, pale beneath; peduncles slender, 1-2 cm. long; calyx 5-6 mm. long, split on one side, glabrous; corolla 12-14 mm. long, pubescent; filaments elongated, the slender tube long-exserted; legume 10-15 cm. long, about 3 cm. broad.
Type locality: Near the Magdalena River, Colombia. Distribution: Yucatdn; Aruba; Colombia; Venezuela.
- 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
