Schizolobium
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Description
Trees.
Leaves spiral, bipinnate; pinnae opposite or subopposite.
Stipules caducous.
Inflorescences axillary or terminal, simple racemose, or paniculate of racemose units; bracts and bractoles caducous.
Petals 5, imbricate, clawed.
Stamens 10, free, all or 9 fertile; anthers dehiscent introrsely or longitudinally.
Ovary stipitate, excentric with adnate stipe, 4-ovuled; style filiform; stigma obscure.
Seeds albuminous.