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Senegalia pteridifolia

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Bentham) Seigler & Ebinger

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Espírito Santo
• Minas Gerais
• Pernambuco
• Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

Natural Habitats

• Shrubland
• rain forest
• coastal forest

Flowering Times

• Jan (Brazil)

Fruiting Times

• Mar- Apr (Brazil)

Scandent shrub or liana, sparsely spiny, cylindrical beanches with recurved spines to 1mm. Bipinnate glabrescent leaves, 4-8 pairs of leaflets with 14-50 pairs of pinna to 16mm x 2mm. Axillary spike 30mm long with bracts 2mm long of yellow flowers, calyx 2.5mm long, corolla to 4mm long. Flat brown legume to 250mm x 30mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• Fl do Brasil
• Schlechtendahlia