Centrolobium robustum (Vell.) Mart. ex Benth.

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Photo: Mark Hyde
Botanic Gardens adjacent to Sandringham Drive

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Description:	Tree. Leaves with 15-19 leaflets; leaflets elliptic or oblong; brown-hairy, with dense peltate glands beneath. Flowers 17-18 mm long, dark yellow to orange with red venation; standard with a bright red blotch. Fruit large; spines on basal part 1-3.5 cm long.
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Derivation of specific name:	robustum: robust.
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Worldwide distribution:	Eastern Brazil.
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Literature:	Pirie, MD, Klitgaard, B.B., Pennington, R. T. (2009). Revision and Biogeography of Centrolobium (Leguminosae - Papilionoideae). Systematic Botany 34(2) Pages 355 - 356. (Includes a picture).

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