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(Last Modified On 3/6/2013)
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(Last Modified On 3/6/2013)
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Species
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LONCHOCARPUS DENSIFLORUS Benth.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 433. 1839.
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Description
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Climbing shrub or small tree. Leaves 7- to, 1-foliolate; leaflets ovate, to oblong- elliptic, 3-8 cm. long, 2-4 cm. wide, rounded or obtuse at the base, abruptly acumi- nate, subcoriaceous, dark green and glabrous above, paler and strigillose beneath, the petiolules with filiform stipels at their base. Racemes axillary, scarcely longer than the leaves, the rachis stout, terete, the flowers fasciculate. Flowers with the calyx cupulate, 4-5 mm. long, shallowly denticulate, densely sordid-strigillose; petals purple to blue; vexillum orbicular, 15 mm. long, cordate at base, the apex slightly emarginate, densely strigillose without; wing petals falcate, auriculate at base; carina strongly arcuate, strigillose along the lower margin. Legumes flat, the vexillar suture narrowly carinate.
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Habit
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shrub or small tree
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Distribution
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Panama and British Guiana.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Chiriqui Lagoon: Hart 99, von Wedel 1405; Almirante, Rowlee & Stork 1002. CANAL ZONE: vicinity of Mindi, Allen 5119.
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