Caesalpinia parviflora

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Caesalpinia parviflora

Description

Liana or small tree; branchlets with recurved prickles, hairy. Leaves: rachis 14-35 cm, hairy; pinnae 8-19 pairs. Stipules lanceolate to broadly ovate-oblong, 8-20 by 3-11 mm, sessile, subpersistent. Inflorescences supra-axillary and terminal, paniculate, up to 100 cm long, the rachis densely shortly hairy; bracts linear, lanceolate, or broadly ovate, (1.5 — )5 — 6 by 0.25-1 mm; pedicels 4-11 mm, articulated c. 0.5 mm below the top. Sepals 2-7 by 1-3 mm. Petals oblong, 5-8 by 1.5-4 mm, clawed (claw up to 2 mm long). Stamens exserted; filaments 5-10 mm; anthers c. 0.5 mm long, glabrous. Ovary 2-4 by 1-1.5 mm, hairy, 2-ovuled; style 3-6 mm, hairy at the basal part; stigma obscure. Seeds orbicular, flat, up to 2 cm in diam., smooth.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo (Sabah present), Negri Sembilan present, Palawan present, Perak present, Selangor present
Malesia: Malay Peninsula (Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan), Borneo (Sabah), Philippines (Palawan).

Citation

J.E. Vidal 1984: p. 70. – In: Fl. Thailand: f. 17/8-13.
Hattink 1974 – In: Reinwardtia: 45