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Cojoba catenata (Donn. Smith) Britton & Rose
Pilhecolobium calenalum Donn. Smith, Bot. Gaz. 48: 294. 1909.
A shrub with twigs and peduncles brownishpubescent. Leaves large; pinnae 1 pair; leaflets 3 to 5 pairs, obovate to elliptic, subchartaceous, 3-16 cm. long, abruptly short-acuminate, narrowed at base, glabrous except on the nerves, a small orbicular gland between each pair; peduncles S-18 cm. long; legume 12-22 cm. long; about 10-seeded, deeply constricted between the nearly black seeds.
Type locality: Llanuras de Santa Clara, Comarca de Liraon, Costa Rica. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
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Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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