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(Last Modified On 11/27/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/27/2012)
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Species
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CASSIA NICARAGUENSIS Benth.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Trans. Linn. Soc. 27: 552. 1871.
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Synonym
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Cassia Seleriana Harms, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 7:551. 1899, fide Britt. & Rose. Chamaesenna nicaraguensis (Benth.) Britt. & Rose, in N. Am. Fl. 23:250. 1930.
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Description
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Small, glabrous tree. Leaves many-foliolate, usually 20-30 cm. long; petiole elongate, basally rugose-callous; rachis flattened above, eglandular; stipules foli- aceous, about 3 cm. long, rounded apically, acuminate-attenuate basally, indented on inner side at insertion, deciduous from older leaves; leaflets 5-20 pairs, oblong or elliptic, usually about 6 cm. long and 2 cm. wide, basally obtuse, apically obtuse or acute and mucronate, dull below, markedly reticulate; petiolules about 1 mm. long. Inflorescence of several racemes terminal or axillary from the upper petioles; bracts large, caducous; pedicels 1-2 cm. long. Flowers showy, yellow; sepals 5,
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Habit
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tree
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Description
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obovate to orbicular, up to 2 cm. long, imbricate, sessile, venose; petals obovate to elliptic, up to 2.5 cm. long, very short-clawed, strikingly venose, the veins very dark; stamens with short filaments, 4-morphic; the anther of the lowermost cen- ter stamen about 5 mm. long, with terminal pores and lateral slits, prominently hastate basally, this anther bounded on either side by a stamen with a very large anther about 1.5 cm. long, similarly dehiscent, basally unequally sagittate, the larger lobe on the inner side; 4 median stamens moderate, the anthers dehiscent by terminal pores and lateral slits, apically long-rostrate, basally briefly sagittate; uppermost stamens 2-3, rudimentary, distorted, about 3 mm. long; ovary linear, glabrous. Legume flat, broadly linear, margined, septate, up to 12 cm. long and 1.5 cm. wide.
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Distribution
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Mexico and Central America.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: vicinity of Miraflores Lake, G. White I90, P. & G. White 43; R. Azote Caballo, Dodge, Steyermarkl d Allen i6823. PANAMA: Alhajuela, Pittier 2363; vicinity of Arraijan, Allen 1625. VERAGUAS: vicinity of Santiago, Allen I076.
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