Wild Flowering Plants
Fabaceae-Mimosoideae family Desmanthus leptophyllus Kunth in Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 208 [folio]; 6: 264 [quarto]. 1824. Indigenous woody herb of open and semi-open wasteland at low elevations. Lesser and Greater Antilles, Trinidad, Mesoamerica, South America. There are other similar species. D. virgatus is prostrate or has ascending branches (sometimes long) reaching a height of 0.7m.and is not woody. D. pernambucanus and D. leptophyllus are much taller with long stems woody at the base. D. pernambucanus has 4 pairs of pinnae/leaf or less and pubescent stipules witha basal appendage. The pinnules are fewer and wider. D. leptophyllus has 8 pairs of pinnae or less/leaf and glabrous stipules. The pinnules are more numerous and narrower. |