Pithecellobium insigne Donn.Sm.

  • Filed As

    Mimosaceae
    Pithecellobium insigne Donn.Sm.

  • Collector(s)

    C. E. Hughes 1257 with G.P. Lewis, M.L. Reyna de Aguilar and B. Pfeiffer-Berendsohn, 22 Feb 1989

  • Location

    El Salvador. Santa Ana. Close to the road running W from Metapan through the village of Ostua towards the village of SAn Jeronimo at the GUatemalan frontier; about 17 km west of Metapan in low hills north of Lago de Guija.

  • Habitat

    Scattered roadside shrub with Albizia caribea, GUazuma ulmifolia and Acacia farnesiana. Frequent.

  • Description

    Small branchy tree to 4 m. ht. Spiny. Foliage discolorous, mid green above, paler below. Flowers in open spikes with a weak musky fragrance; calyx and corolla pale green, stamen filaments white. Ripe unripe and dehisced pods; unripe pods green and gnarled; ripe pods dehiscing from the apex; large jet-black shiny seeds sunk into a fleshy fibrous bright scarlet pendulous aril; endocarp cream streaked red. Phenology of specimen: Flower, Fruit.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 01190638

    Occurrence ID: df0de990-4712-4ab9-af67-a7bf51daaaaa

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  • Region

    Central America

  • Country

    El Salvador

  • State/Province

    Santa Ana

  • Locality

    Close to the road running W from Metapan through the village of Ostua towards the village of SAn Jeronimo at the GUatemalan frontier; about 17 km west of Metapan in low hills north of Lago de Guija.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 500 m. (1640 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    14.35, -89.53

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