Samanea
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Description
Unarmed tree.
Leaves bipinnate, not sensitive to the touch, rachis and pinnae with extrafloral nectaries;
Stipules not spinescent.
Inflorescences composed of pedunculate, axillary corymbs;
Flowers dimorphic, central flowers enlarged, 7- or 8-merous, marginal flowers smaller, 5-merous.
Stamens many, united into a tube toward the base, anthers eglandular.
Ovary solitary.
Seeds elliptic in outline, strongly biconvex, with pleurogram, wingless;
Distribution
Northern tropical South America present, all tropical areas cultivated
Northern tropical South America, one species introduced and widely cultivated in all tropical areas.