Caesalpinia violacea (Mill.) Standl.

Brasilettia violacea (MilL) Britton & Rose
Robinia violacea Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. ,8. 1768.
Caesalpinia brasiliensis Svi. Ohs. 6. 1791. Not L. 1753.
Peltophorum Linnaei Benth. Journ. Bot. Hook. 2: 75. 1840.
Brasilettia brasiliensis Kuntze. Rev. Gen. 164. 1891.
Caesalpinia citbensis Greenm. Trans. Acad. St. Louis 7: 416. 1897.
Peltophorum brasiliense Urban. Symb. Ant. 2: 285. 1900.
? Peltophorum Linnaei managuensis Goyena. Fl. Nicar. 1: 365. 1909.
A tree, 5-27 m. high, with a trtmk 2-13 dm. in diameter, the branches pubescent when young, but soon glabrate. Pinnae 2-4 pairs; leaflets 6-8 pairs, shining and glabrous or puberulent above, dull and glabrous or pubescent beneath, elliptic to oblong or ovate, 2-5 cm. long, obtuse or acute; racemes 10-15 cm. long; petals 6-7 mm. long, 4 of them short-clawed; stamens shorter than the petals; legume glabrous, on the margins pubescent, 6-10 cm. long, 2.5-3 cm. broad, roimded at apex, the stipe 8-13 mm. long.
Type locality: Jamaica. Distribution: Jamaica; Cuba; Yucatan.