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(Last Modified On 11/14/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/14/2012)
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Species
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PITHECOLOBIUM PSEUDO-TAMARINDUS (Britt.) Standl.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Field Mus. Publ. Bot. 4:212. 1929.
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Synonym
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Jupfunba pseudo-Tamarindus Britt., in N. Am. Fl. 23:193. 1928.
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Description
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Unarmed, buttressed tree up to 18 m. tall, the branchlets angulate and fer- ruginous-tomentulose. Leaves twice-pinnate, the pinnae mostly 12-16 pairs, each pinna with about 30-40 pairs of leaflets; petiole 1-4 cm. long, terete, bearing 1-3 sessile glands towards or above the middle; rachis up to 20 cm. long, tomentulose, bearing sessile glands between all pairs of pinnae; pinnae mostly opposite, 6-9 cm. long, the rachis tomentulose, gland-bearing between the upper leaflets; leaflets narrowly oblong, 5-7 mm. long and almost 2 mm. wide, apically obtuse or rounded, basally sessile and obliquely rounded, glabrous, lighter below, the costa central, the secondary nerves only moderately prominent. Inflorescence subumbellate, axillary, the peduncle 2-12 cm. long, ebracteate, the pedicels 4-6 mm. long. Flowers (type specimen in fruit) white, the center (terminal) one of the umbel somewhat larger (as in "Samanea"); calyx campanulate, about 2 mm. long, puberulent, the teeth 5, triangular, about 0.5 mm. long; corolla funnelform, about 7 mm. long, lightly pubescent without, the lobes 5, nearly as long as the tube; stamens many, about 25 mm. long, united only for the basal 3 mm., glabrous; anthers minute; ovary cylindric, about 3 mm. long, tomentulose, subtruncate apically, several- (about 14-) ovulate in 2 rows; style glabrous. Legume circinate, 10-12 mm. wide, lightly constricted and falsely septate between the 3-5 seeds, the valves thin, reddish- brown, sparsely strigillose or almost glabrous.
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Habit
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tree
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Bocas Island, Cooper 46I (fruit); Chiriqui Lagoon, H. von Wedel I132 (flower).
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Note
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The species is similar to some of the West Indian "Jupunbas" and "'Abaremas." It had been known only from the type (Cooper 46I; in fruit), but the von Wedel specimen (flowers only) appears to be the same species although the peduncle of the latter is markedly more elongate than in the type. The above description is pieced from both specimens.
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