Andira

• Authority

  Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.

• Family

  Fabaceae

• Scientific Name

  Andira

• Description

  
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  Genus Description - Trees. Leaves pinnate; leaflets opposite or alternate; stipules minute, deciduous; stipels 1 per leaflet. Flowers small, in axillary or terminal panicles; bracts minute, deciduous; pedicels short; calyx bell-shaped, truncate, or with 5 minute teeth at apex; corolla pink to purple, the standard circular, wings and keel of similar size; stamens 10, diadelphous; ovary shortly stipitate, with few ovules, the stigma punctiform. Fruit globose to globose-ellipsoid, 1-seeded, indehiscent.