Caesalpinia oppositifolia
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Description
Liana; branchlets unarmed or with prickles.
Leaves opposite; rachis 25-50 cm, shortly pubescent or glabrous; pinnae4-6 pairs.
Stipules suborbicular, persistent, up to 35 by 45 mm.
Inflorescences axillary and terminal, racemose, up to 40 cm long, rachis pubescent, glabrescent; bracts boat-shaped, c. 3 by 1 mm, caducous; pedicels 5-10 mm, articulated c. 0.5 mm from the base, pubescent.
Flowers pubescent.
Sepals c. 3 by 1.5 mm.
Petals spathulate, 4-5 by 2 mm, very shortly clawed.
Ovary c. 2 mm long, 2-ovuled; style 1-2 mm, hairy at the lower half, stigma ciliate.
Seeds 2, ovoid in outline, flat, c. 27 by 3 mm, black.