Mimosa velloziana Mart.

Mimosa velloziana Mart. Herb. Fl. Bras. 185. 1837
A climbing shrub, the Iiraiiches glabrous, prickly. Stipules lanceolate, the margin bristly; petiole 3-4 cm. long, prickly; pinnae 1 pair; leaflets 2 pairs, lanceolate, 3-4 cm. long, e.xcept the lower inner one, this much reduced, glabrous above, sparingly setose beneath; peduncles 12-16 mm. long; flowers 4-parted, densely capitate; stamens 4; legume oblong, 2 cm. long or less, 79 mm. wide, 1-3-jointed, the margins long-setose, the valves glabrous, nearly or quite unarmed.
Type locality: Brazil.
Distribution: Panama to Brazil and Paraguay.