Caesalpinia barkeriana Urb. & Ekman

Guilandina barkeriana (Urban & Ekman) Britton
Caesalpinia Barkeriana Urban & Ekman; Urban, Arkiv Bot. 22=: 38. 1929.
High-climbing, up to 10 m. long, the twigs, petioles and rachis armed with curved prickles 1.5-4 mm. long, and short-pubescent. Stipules linear-lanceolate, 2-3 mm. long; leaves large, up to 3 dm. long; pinnae 8-10 pairs; leaflets 6 or 7 pairs, ovate, or the upper obovate, 1-3 cm. long, rounded, subtruncate, or emarginate, reticulate-veined, shining, membranous, glabrous when old; legume prickly; seeds brown-black, globose, 15 mm. in diameter.
Type locality: Messif de la Selle, Haiti.
Distribution: Known definitely only from the type locality, and to me from description only. Cuba (?).