Lonchocarpus velutinus Benth.

Tree 5-16 m. high. Leaves predominantly 7 (rarely 5-or 9-)-foliolate; leaflets oval or oblong, 4-15 cm. long, 2-5 cm. wire, acute at the base, short-acuminate to obtuse or retuse at the apex, velutinous. Racemes axillary, 11-20 cm. long; bractlets linear, caducous, distant from the calyx. Flowers with the calyx salverform, 5-den-tate; petals dark purplish-red; vexillum orbicular, 9 mm. long, minutely sericeous within; wing petals narrowly oblong, the claw about 2.5 mm. wide, the blade 5.5 mm. long; anthers sparsely and minutely hairy. Legumes thin and flattish, elon-gate-to linear-lanceolate, 8-11 cm. long, 1.5-1.7 cm. wide, submembranous, strami-neous or pale yellow, 1-or 2-seeded.