Systematic Classification:
Division : Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledons
Family : Leguminosae
Genus : Humboldtia
Species : brunonisCommon Name:
Browns Humboldtia
General Information:
Small trees, up to 10 m tall.Branchlets terete, glabrous; young branchlets angular and hairy.Leaves compound, paripinnate, alternate, distichous, pulvinate; stipules in pairs, lanceolate with broad reniform foliaceous appendage at base; rachis short ca. 6 cm long, angular, obscurely winged; leaflets 2 pairs, subsessile, lower most pair just above the pulvine, lamina 8-26 x 2-8.3 cm, narrow elliptic to oblanceolate, apex bluntly cuspidate with mucronate tip, base asymmetric, subcoriaceous, glabrous; midrib impressed above; secondary nerves strong ca.10 pairs; tertiary nerves reticulate.Inflorescence axillary racemes; flowers with white petals and rosy pink sepals.Fruit and SeedPod to 7 x 3 cm, flat, twisted when dry; seeds flat, rounded.
Economic Importance:
- Highly ornamental