Cinnecord

Acacia choriophylla Benth.

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Mimosaceae (Legumes)

Key to Acacia Mill.

Synonym: Lucaya choriophylla (Benth.) Britton & Rose (WU2)

Explanation of name: Acacia comes from Greek akis which means a sharp point. Choriophylla means leaves resembling a hand. (STE)

Natural range: S. Florida and West Indies (ISE, BR1)

Recognition: Small, unarmed, glaberate tree

Leaves bipinnate with 1-3 pair(s) of pinnae and 4-8 pair of elliptic leaflets, to ½” to 1" long

Flowers are yellow, groups of 1-8, less than ½" in diameter

Fruit is an oblong, laterally compressed legume, 1-1/2" to 3" long (ISE)

Landscape uses: Specimen tree, flowering tree (BR1)