Caesalpinia major

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Caesalpinia major

Description

Liana up to 15 m high; branchlets armed with prickles (0.5-3 mm long). Leaves: petiole and rachis up to 75 cm long; pinnae 3-8 pairs, hairy or glabrous. Stipules subulate, 1-3 mm long, caducous. Inflorescences supra-axillary, racemose, sometimes paniculate, 10-50 cm long, the rachis densely hairy, glabrescent; bracts lanceolate, c. 5 mm; pedicels 6-12 mm, articulated below the top. Flowers unisexual. Sepals almost equal, c. 7 by 2 mm. Petals yellow, 4-7 by 2-3 mm, clawed (claw up to 3 mm long). Stamens: filaments in male flowers 6-7 mm, anthers c. 1.25 mm; in female flowers c. 5 mm. Seeds (sub)globular, 15- 25 mm in diam., smooth.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Caribbean Is. present, Guyana present, Madagascar present, Micronesia present, Pacific: Tonga (Tonga present), SE Asia from India to the Ryukyu Is present, SE United States present, Sandwich Is. present
America (SE United States, Caribbean Is., Guyana), Madagascar, SE Asia from India to the Ryukyu Is., Pacific Is. (Micronesia, Sandwich Is., Tonga); in Malesia: all parts, except the major rain forests of Sumatra, Borneo, the Philippines, Celebes, and New Guinea.

Citation

J.E. Vidal 1980: p. 38. – In: Fl. Camb., Laos & Vietnam: pl. 5/9-12
Verdc. 1979 – In: Manual New Guinea Leg., Lae Bot. Bull.: 26
Fosberg 1873 – In: Taxon: 162
Rudd 1991 – In: Fl. Ceylon: 49.
Hattink 1974 – In: Reinwardtia: 39
J.E. Vidal 1984: p. 74. – In: Fl. Thailand: f. 18/9-12
Backer & Bakh.f 1964 – In: Fl. Java: 545.