Shrubs or trees, unarmed. Stems ascending, sericeous to strigulose or glabrescent. Leaves alternate, odd-pinnate; stipules present; petiolate; leaflets [5 or]7–11[–27], stipels absent, blade margins entire, surfaces pubescent. Inflorescences 30–100+-flowered, axillary or pseudoterminal, usually racemes, sometimes panicles [spikes]; bracts and bracteoles present. Flowers papilionaceous; calyx campanulate, lobes 5, short; corolla white with pink or reddish markings [pinkish or with purplish markings]; stamens 10, monadelphous, adaxial filament distinct nearly to base; anthers dorsifixed. Fruits loments, stipitate, compressed, straight, oblong, not beaked, leathery, with 4 papery wings (10–20 mm wide), indehiscent, pubescent. Seeds [1–]3–8[–10], reddish brown to dark brown, reniform. x = 11.

Distribution

Florida, Mexico, West Indies, Central America, n, nw South America.

Discussion

Species 7 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Piscidia piscipula