Trees, unarmed. Stems puberulent or glabrescent; peduncles and pedicels eglandular. Leaves alternate, odd-pinnate; stipules present; petiolate; leaflets [3–](7 or)9–13(or 15), blade margins entire, surfaces glabrous or glabrate. Inflorescences 25–75-flowered, terminal and axillary, racemes and panicles; bracts present. Flowers papilionaceous; calyx campanulate, lobes 5; corolla pink to reddish purple; stamens 10, diadelphous; anthers dorsifixed, uniform. Fruits legumes (drupaceous), stipitate, pendent, plump, ovoid or subglobose, indehiscent, glabrous. Seed 1, ellipsoid to subglobose or ovoid. x = 10.

Distribution

Introduced; Florida, Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, Africa.

Discussion

Species 29 (1 in the flora).

Attribution of the generic name to Lamarck, instead of Jussieu, was clarified by R. T. Pennington (2002) and R. K. Brummitt (2004).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Andira inermis