Lysiloma

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Read about Lysiloma in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Lysiloma (Greek, probably meaning free border). Leguminosae. About a dozen unarmed trees and shrubs of the American tropics, scarcely cult. They bear bipinnate lvs., and fls. in heads or in cylindrical spikes; petals united into a 5-lobed corolla: pods straight and flat, the valves opening away from the persistent sutures. Some of these plants are often called acacias. L. acapulcensis, Benth. (Acacia acapulcensis, Kunth). Tree-like: pinna; 8-9 pairs, the lfts. very many, oblong-linear and pubes- scent, glands 2 or 3 between some of the pinna;: fls. white in cylindrical axillary spikes; stamens many, monadelphous. Mex. Reported in Santa Barbara. —L. bahamensis, Benth. (L. latisiliqua, Gray, not Benth.). Wild Tamarind. Tree, to 50 ft., wide-spreading: pinnae 3-5 pairs; lfts. 20-50; blades of the latter oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, glabrous or nearly so: fl.-heads white, less than ½ in. diam.: pod oblong, flat and undulate. S. Fla., Bahamas, Cuba.—L.Schiedeana, Benth. Pinnae 6-9 pairs: lfts. 40 pairs, linear, obtuse, glabrous or minutely puberulent; stipules semi- ovate to falcate: fls. white, in 1-3 axillary pedunculate heads. Mex.—L. divaricata (Mimosa divaricata, Jacq.) is a doubtful species with synonymy apparently yet to be cleared up. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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