Andira inermis (W.Wright) Kunth ex DC.
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.
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Family
Fabaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Species Description - Tree to 15 m tall; bark moderately rough, grayish to brown. Leaves imparipinnate, 16-39 cm long; leaflets 9-15, one distal on rachis, the others opposite, 4-15 x 2-7.6 cm, oblong or elliptic, chartaceous, glabrous, the apex short- to long-acuminate, the base obtuse to rounded, the margins entire; petiolules swollen; stipels minute, filiform; stipules awl-shaped, 3 mm long, early deciduous. Panicles as long as the leaves; bracts minute, early deciduous; pedicels short. Calyx bell-shaped, 3-4 mm long, minutely toothed, ferruginous-tomentose, sometimes pinkish-tinged; colrolla pink to purple, the standard nearly circular, to 1 cm long, involute, the wings as long as the keel; ovary elliptic, glabrous to puberulent, the style incurved, the stigma punctiform. Legume 3-3.5 x 2.5 cm, ellipsoid to subglobose, glabrous, the walls green and fleshy, usually eaten by bats, 1- seeded.
Distribution and Ecology - Common tree of moist areas, abundant in secondary forest or along roadsides, Emmaus (A3775), trail to Sieben(A2083). Also on St. Croix, St. Thomas, and Tortola; througout warm areas of the New World.
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Discussion
Geoffraea jamaicensis W . Wright, Philos. Trans. 62: 512. 1777. Andira jamaicensis (W. Wright) Urb., Symb. Ant. 4: 298. 1905.
Vouacapoua americana sensu Millsp., Publ. Field Columbian Mus., Bot. Ser. 1: 1902, non Aubl. 1775
Common names: bastard mahogany, dog almond, hon kloot, pig turd.