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Albizzia adinocephala

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Albizzia adinocephala (Donn. -Smith) Britton & Rose; Record,
Tropical Woods 10: 22. 1927.
Pithecollobiiim adinocephalum Donn. -Smith, Bot. Gaz. 57: 419. 1914.
Pithecollobium discolor Pittier, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 20: 464. 1922. Not P. discolor Britton, 1914.
A large tree, the twigs, petioles and leaf-rachis glabrous or somewhat pubescent. Petioles 2—7 cm. long, bearing an oblong or ovate gland; pirmae 1—3 pairs; leaflets 2—5 pairs, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate or ovate, subcoriaceous, 2-6 cm. long, glabrous, reticiflate-veined, bright green above, pale beneath, narrowed to both ends or the base rounded, the apex acute or blunt, a small orbicular gland between the upper pair or pairs; inflorescence subpaniculate; peduncles puberulent, 1-2 cm. long; pedicels 1-2 mm. long; calyx campanulate, puberulent, 1.5-2 mm. long, its teeth acutish; corolla about 3 mm. long, its lobes lanceolate; stamentube included; legume broadly linear, 10-17 cm. long, 1.5-2 cm. long, glabrous, very shortstipitate, dehiscent, 10-13-seeded.
Type locality: Near Alajuelita. San Jos6, Costa Rica. Distribution: Costa Rica; El Salvador; Panama.
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Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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