Pithecellobium keyense Coker

Pithecellobium keyense Britton; Coker, in Shattuck, Bahama Isl 255; hyponym. 1905.
Pithecollobium guadalupense Chapra. Fl. S. U. S. 116. 1860. Not Inga guadalupensis Desv. 1814. Zygia guadalupensis Heller, Cat. N. Amer. PI. ed. 2, 5. 1900.
A usually unarmed shrub or small tree, sometimes 6 m. high, the bark gray, slightly fissured, the twigs and leaves glabrous. Petioles 2-3 cm. long, bearing a round gland at the summit; pinnae 2, each bearing a single pair (rarely 2 pairs) of leaflets, which are obliquely obovate or nearly orbicidar, firm in texture, 3-7 cm. long, rounded or notched at the apex, or rarely short-pointed, the margins somewhat revolute; peduncles slender, glabrous, as long as the leaves or shorter, sometimes panicled; flowering heads 2-3 cm. in diameter; calyx about 1.5 mm. long; corolla about 3 mm. long; stamens pink, the tube included; ovary pubescent; legume coiled or much curved, brown, 6-15 cm. long, 8-10 mm. broad; seeds black, shining.
Type locality: Nassau, New Providence; Bahamas, W. C. Coker 57.
Distribution: Florida; Bahamas; Cuba; Yucatan.

Perennial, Trees, Shrubs, Woody throughout, Nodules present, Stems erect or ascending, Stems or branches arching, spreading or decumbent, Stems greater tha n 2 m tall, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs glabrous or sparsely glabrate, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Extrafloral nectary glands on petiole, Stipules conspicuous, Stipules persistent, Stipules free, Leaves compound, Leaves bipinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Leaflets 4, Leaves glabrous or nearly so, Leaves coriaceous, Inflorescences globose heads, capitate or subcapitate, Inflorescence axillary, Bracts very small, absent or caducous, Bracteoles present, Flowers actinomorphic or somewhat irregular, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx glabrous, Petals united, valvate, Petals ochroleucous, cream colored, Petals orange or yellow, Stamens numerous, more than 10, Stamens monadelphous, united below, Filaments glabrous, Style terete, Fruit a legume, Fruit unilocular, Fruit freely dehiscent, Fruit strongly curved, falcate, bent, or lunate, Fruit twisted, Fruit spirally coiled or contorted, Fruit exserted from calyx, Fruit compressed between seeds, Fruit torulos e or moniliform, strongly constricted between seeds, Fruit glabrous or glabrate, Fruit 3-10 seeded, Seeds ovoid to rounded in outline, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black, Seeds with appendage - aril, caruncle, funiculus, or strophiole.

Pithecellobium keyense, commonly called Florida Keys blackbead', or Florida Key apes-earring, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family (Fabaceae).

Pithecellobium keyense) es una especie de plantas perteneciente al género Pithecellobium, de la familia de las leguminosas. Es nativa de México.​

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