华南马鞍树 hua nan ma an shu

Cladrastis australis Dunn, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 10: 86. 1912; Maackia ellipticocarpa Merrill.

Shrubs or small trees, to 2 m tall; branchlets ± glabrous. Leaves 13.8-22 cm; leaflets 7-11, ovate to ovate-elliptic, 2.5-7.6 × 1.3-4.1 cm, glabrous, base cuneate or rounded, apex acute or acuminate. Racemes 10-20 cm. Flowers 6-7 mm; pedicels 2.5-5 mm. Calyx campanulate, 2.1-2.4 mm; teeth to 1 mm. Corolla white, 5-6 mm; standard elliptic-obovate, apex slightly emarginate, narrowed to a short claw; wings narrowly elliptic, auricles short. Ovary narrowly elliptic, densely hairy. Legumes flat, oval or ovate, 2.8-3.5 × 1.2-1.7 cm, pubescent to nearly glabrous, at least slightly golden glandular, wing 0.4-1.1 mm, rarely absent; fruit neck absent. Seeds 1-3, yellow, flat, oval, 7-9 mm. Fl. Jul.

● Scrub. Guangdong.