Pithecellobium unguis-cati

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• Interesting Facts
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• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Subfamily Mimosoideae

Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly bipinnate. Corolla usually not showy, actinomorphic , sympetalous , the lobes valvate . Stamens 10-numerous, often monadelphous , showy. Pollen released in monads , tetrads , or polyads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) present. [Carr]

Genus Pithecellobium

Trees or shrubs with spinescent stipules or axillary spines. Leaves bipinnate, petiole with a gland above at the junction of pinnae, leaflets 1-3 pairs, rarely more. Inflorescence head or spike often racemosely or paniculately arranged. Flowers generally sessile, bisexual , 5 or rarely 4 or 6-merous. Sepals usually 5, rarely 4 or 6, connate , campanulate , teeth small valvate . Petals 5, sometimes 4 or 6, connate, externally minutely hairy to glabrous . Stamens indefinite, monadelphous , much exserted. Ovary usually puberulous , sessile or shortly stipitate , ovules nume¬rous, style thin, stigma capitate. Pod spirally twisted, circinate or curved or rarely straight, compressed or convex , dehiscing from below splitting into 2 valves . Seeds compressed, ovate or rounded , embedded in a scanty pulp, often arillate , non endospermic .

A genus with about 100 species distributed in tropical and subtropical America.[1]

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Inga rosea Steud. • Mimosa rosea Vahl • Mimosa unguis-cati L. • Pithecellobium microphyllum Benth. • Zygia unguis-cati (L.)sudw.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Conservation Status: Not Threatened, Habit: Shrub , Habit: Tree , Lifespan: Perennial

Last scrutiny: 1994

Similar Species

Members of the genus Pithecellobium

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

P. carbonaria (Naked Albizia) · P. dulce (Cassie De Manille) · P. guatemalensis (Manila Tamarind) · P. keyense (Blackbead) · P. peckii (Waika Beans) · P. seleri (Miehiguiste) · P. unguis-cati (Black Bead)

More Info

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Further Reading

• An annotated catalogue of types of the University of Illinois mycological collections (ILL) / Urbana: University of Illinois Press, c1997. url p. 294, p. 48.
• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45 2003 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 302, p. 563.
• Flora Malesiana. general editor, C.G.G.J. van Steenis. Djakarta: Noordhoff-Kolff, 1950- url p. 213.
• Flora of Jamaica, containing descriptions of the flowering plants known from the island, by William Fawcett and Alfred Barton Rendle. London.Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1910- url p. 146, p. 147.
• IUCN Directory of Neotropical Protected Areas IUCN url p. 358, p. 360.
• Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 339, p. 341.
• The University of Kansas science bulletin. 36 1954 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 1013.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 28, 2008:

• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
• , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2650991
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-154
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13635971
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:514830-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 28717
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 26875
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: PIUN
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 56472

Footnotes

1. "Pithecellobium". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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