Calliandra quetzal (Donn. Sm.) Donn. Sm.

Anneslia quetzal Donn. Smith, Bot. Gaz. 13: 28. 1888
Calliandra Quetzal Donn. Smith, Enum. PI. Guat. 8: 36. 1907.
A shrub, glabrous throughout, the branches somewhat glaucescent. Stipules retiiforra,
very large, 1,5-3.5 cm. broad, persistent; petioles 2.5-3.5 cm. long; pinnae 1-3 pairs; leaflets
6-8 pairs, obliquely oblong to ovate, 2.5-3.5 cm. long, slightly cordate at base, dark green
above, pale beneath; inflorescence elongated, terminal, 1-2 dm. long; peduncles clustered,
1-2 cm. long; flowers 4 or 5 in an umbel on pedicels 4-6 mm. long; calyx 4-6 mm. long, the
lobes rounded; corolla 12-15 mm. long; stamens 5-7 cm. long, white, the tube included;
legume 10 cm. long, 1.5 cm. broad above, glabrous, the margins much thickened.
Type locality: Santa Rosa, Department of Baja Verapaz, Guatemala. Distribution; Guatemala.