Description
Tree or shrub to 10 m high, with many branches from ground level, unarmed or spiny, with short, axillary, uninodal, geminate, divergent spines less than 4 cm long;
Seeds brown, oblong, 6.5 mm long.
Distribution
NW tropical South America present
NW tropical South America.
Notes
Burkart (l.c.) noted that this is an excellent tree for ornamental use and as a shelter under hot, arid conditions; also used for timber, fuel and the fruits for forage.
Citation
Burkart 1976 – In: J. Arnold Arbor. 57: 486
Verdc. 1979: Manual New Guin. Legum.: 141