Shrubs or trees, to 4(–6) m; stems sometimes scandent. Leaves unifoliolate; stipules lanceolate, 10 × 2 mm, apex acuminate; petiole 0.4–0.6 cm, puberulent to sericeous; petiolules 3–5 mm, puberulent; leaflet blades elliptic to ovate, (25–)50–80 × (20–)50–80 mm, base rounded to subcordate, apex abruptly narrowed to obtuse tip, surfaces sometimes discolorous, sublustrous, subseri­ceous, becoming moderately appressed-pubescent or glabrous. Inflorescences racemose in fascicles, axes pilose; bracts caducous, blade deltate, 1 × 0.5 mm, apex acute; bracteoles subpersistent, blade deltate-ovate, 1 × 0.3–0.5 mm, apex acute. Pedicels 1–1.5 mm. Flowers: calyx 3–3.5 mm, base rounded, pilose or subsericeous, lobes subequal, barely distinct from tube, deltate; corolla usually white, sometimes pinkish, 8–9 mm; stamens 10, monadelphous or diadelphous (5 + 5); filaments nearly equal; pistil glabrous. Legumes stalk 3 mm; subglobose to subreniform, 20–35 × 15–20 mm, base rounded, apex rounded, surface sericeous becoming appressed-pubescent or glabrescent. Seed 1. 2n = 20.

Phenology: Flowering Apr–Aug.
Habitat: Hammocks, coastal thickets, wooded dunes, swamps, shores, margins of mangroves.
Elevation: 0–10 m.

Distribution

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Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, Africa.

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