return to: checklist; keys; family Fabaceae sensu lato, subfamily Mimosoideae
Tree;
branchlets spiny and distinctively pale to white; leaves alternate,
twice pinnately compound, even-pinnate; leaflets oblong, apex
obtuse-rounded; flowers in nearly sessile powderpuff-like groups
at the ends of stems; fruit pods with a wing-like fringe, breaking
into one-seeded segments.
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