Lysiloma Benth.

Small glabrate, unarmed trees. Leaves bipinnate; leafstalk gland solitary, petiolar or between lowest leaflet pair; pinnae 1-4 pairs; leaflets 3-30 pairs, with evident secondary nervation; stipules often conspicuous on young growth. Inflorescence(s) whitish heads, fasciculate 1-3 in leaf axils or in short axillary racemes. Calyx sinuate, scarcely lobed; corolla lobes short; androecium of numerous stamens with proximally connate filaments. Legume stipitate, dehiscent, oblong, flat; valves papery, separating from the persistent, wiry margins at maturity. Seeds several. Antilles and subtropical Florida. (ISE)

1. Leaflets 10-30 pairs......................................................................................................L. latisiliqua

1. Leaflets 3-7 pairs..........................................................................................................L. sabicu

(WU1, ISE, PBCC)