Chloroleucon mangense var. lentiscifolium (A.Rich.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes

  • Authors

    Rupert C. Barneby

  • Authority

    Barneby, Rupert C. & Grimes, James W. 1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74: 1-292.

  • Family

    Mimosaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Chloroleucon mangense var. lentiscifolium (A.Rich.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes

  • Type

    "Crescit circa Havanam, mensibus novembre et decembre florens." — Holotypus, R. de la Sagra s.n. e Cuba, P(herb. richard., 2 sheets)!

  • Synonyms

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    Acacia lentiscifolia A.Rich., , Chloroleucon lentiscifolium (A.Rich.) Britton & Rose

  • Description

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    Variety Description - Almost always glabrous throughout, a pilosulous form known only locally in Pinar del Río; lf-formula iii/5—7(—8), the larger lfts becoming at maturity oblong-obovate 8-15 x 3-7 mm, (1.9—)2—3 times as long as wide. Pods 9-14 x 0.8-1.1 cm, nearly straight to strongly falcate, the sutures not constricted between seeds, these crowded along the pod, obliquely descending. [Key] "Fully fertilized pod 8-15 cm long, the sutures straight or almost so, not constricted between seeds, these obliquely descending across the cavity; lfts of longer pinnae 5-8 pairs;"

    Distribution and Ecology - In dry thickets, often on limestone, sometimes in savanna, along watercourses, or on dunes, below 250 m, widespread and common over the W half of Cuba, from Pinar de Río and Isla de la Juventud to Las Villas; Belize (Corozal distr.). — Map 42. — Fl. Ill—V-X, perhaps at other times. [Key] "W half of Cuba, Belize, N Honduras (Olanchito) forms intermediate to the last in Yucatán.......10e. var. lentiscifolium"

    Local Names and Uses - Guayabillo (Cuba).

  • Discussion

    The var. lentiscifolium is feebly distinguished by the combination of few, relatively large leaflets and a pod at once short, narrow, and not constricted between seeds. Specimens intermediate to var. leucospermum in Yucután and to var. vincentis on Paraguaná peninsula in northwest Venezuela connect var. lentiscifolium with the more populous and widespread varieties of Ch. mangense.

  • Common Names

    guayabillo

  • Distribution

    Cuba South America| Corozal Belize Central America|