Flora of Dominica, Part 2 - Smithsonian Institution Libraries

114 FABACEAE SMlTHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY
Swarkia canbaea
Swartzio cariboeo Grisebach, 1860:212.--Cowan, 1%8:147.
Towrotco coribaeo (Grisebarh) Tauten, 1891:390.
Z’oranger blanc, coco negre hebrew.
Straight tree to 20 m; leaflets acuminate, 7-12 cm x 2-3.5
cm; seeds black, ovoid, with white aril covering upper
one-fourth of the seed.
Guadeloupe and St. Lucia; scattered canopy tree in Dominica
in rainforest at middle elevations: Glasham (Nicolson
2113, Laudat (Hodge 2038), Sylvania (Cooper 48, Hodge
I1 69), Syndicate (Whitefoord 4399). Apparently flowering in
winter, fruits January-June.
Swartzia simpler
Swartzio simplex (Swam) Sprengel, 1825,2:567.-Cowan, 1968: 170.
Possiro simplex Swartz, 1788:82.
Rittero grondifloro Vahl, 1798, Eclog., 237.
Swortzio grandifloro (Vahl) Willdenow. 1800,21220.
To~noteu simplex (Swam) Taubert, 1891:391.
Swartzio simplex var. genuino Urban, 1908.5:364.
Abricotier bois, wild orange, z’oranger rouge.
Tree to 35 m; leaflet solitary, emarginate, 5-21 cm x 2-8
cm; petal yellow, 15-35 mm broad; seeds glossy black,
ellipsoid to reniform, white aril covering central one- to
two-thirds of the seed.
?Lpical subspecies in Lesser Antilles and northern South
America; common in Dominica in dry scrub woodland and rain
forest from near sea level to 500 m: Anse Du Me (Wilbur
8302), Aux Delices (Nicolson 2139), Carib Reserve (Hodge
3250, Stehld 6421), Castle Bruce Road (Cowan 1612), Clarke
Hall (Stern & Wusshausen 2356), Clyde River Valley (Ernst
1035), Deux Branches (Hodge 3480), La Chaudi5re (Hodge
3529, Londonderry (Chambers 2614), Marigot (Hodge 586),
Pointe Ronde (Ermt 1567, Hodge 2683), Ravine Sonde (Ernst
1924), Roseau Botanic Garden (Hodge 3902), sine loc.
(Fishlock 14).
Primary flowering in July-September, secondary in Janu-
*-December. Our specimens annotated by Cowan as the
typical subspecies.
Tamarindus Linnaeus (Caesalpinoid)
Tamarindus indica
Tmrindus indico Linnaeus. 1753:34.-Little & Wadsworth, 1964:186, pl. 80.
Tamarind.
Thick-trunked tree; leaves evenly pinnate, -12 cm long,
leaflets 1-2 cm x 0.3-0.6 cm; flowers racemose; calyx
4-lobed; corolla with 3 large and 2 minute petals; stamens 3,
united; pod oblong, indehiscent with hard skin, pulpy flesh and
leathery endocarp septate between fat seeds.
Cultivated and naturalized pantropically; in dry areas along
west coast of Dominica: Canefield (Hodge 620), Chattanooga
(Hodge 619), above Colihaut (DHN!), Macoucherie (Chambers
2734), Massacre (Whitefoord 4635).
Pulpy h it good in chutney, drinks, etc.
Tephrosia Persoon, nom. cons. (Faboid)
Shrubs or herbs; leaves odd-pinnate, leaflets 4-12 pairs,
apiculate; inflorescence terminal, racemose; pod dehiscent, not
septate.
1. Flowers 2 cm long; leaflets acute; calyx lobes rounded;
style bearded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. candida
1. Flowers c2 cm long; leaflets rounded to emarginate; calyx
lobes acute, style glabrous.
2. Calyx and pod densely villous with brownish hairs,
calyx teeth broad, shorter than tube except for the
elongate, lowest lobe , . . . . . . . . . . T. nocttflora
2. Calyx and pod thinly villous or puberulent with grayish
hairs; calyx teeth all narrow and equaling or longer than
tube . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. purpurea
Tephrosia candida
Tephrosio cad& A.P. Candolle, 1825,2:249.-Wd, 1949:374.
Robinio candida (A.P. Candolle) Roxburgh [181456, nom. nud.], 1832,33327.
Ti frosia, a pun on the generic name meaning little (petit)
Frosia.
Shrub to 3 m, branches velvety-pubescent; leaflets acute,
9-12 pairs, 1-5 cm x 0.7-1 cm; flowers white or rarely
yellow.
Asian but widely introduced for windbreaks and escaping; in
western lowlands and interior of Dominica: Clarke Hall
(Nicolson I854), Mome Anglais (Hodge 2255), Pointe Michel
(Ernst 1343, Pont Casse (Wilbur 7782), Wooten Waven
(Hodge 395).
De Candolle validly published his binomial before Roxburgh’s,
thus the epithet was transferred from Tephrosia to
Robinia, not the other way around.
Tephrosia noctCfZora
Tephrosio noctijl4ro Bojer ex Baker in Oliver, 1871,2: 112.-Wd, 1949:379.
Herb or undershrub to 2 m, brownish-pubescent; leaflets in
6-9 pairs, narrowly oblanceolate, 2.5-4.5 cm x 0.5-0.8 cm;
corolla white, marked with purple lines and a spot; pod 3-4 cm
long, covered with spreading brownish hairs.
African but widespread in tropics; cultivatg as cover crop
and fish poison and escaping along dry,west coast of Dominica:
Layou (Ernst 1526), Lisdara (Hodge 620, Pointe Guignard
(Wilbur 7614), Pointe Michel (Gillis 8135), Roseau Botanic
Garden (Bassett 10, Fairchild 2658, 2770), Syndicate turnoff
(Whitefoord 4320).