Plants of Saint Lucia

Wild Flowering Plants

Fabaceae subfamily Caesalpinioideae
Chamaecrista glandulosa   var. swartzii   (Wikstr.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
Ti tanmawen
Caribbean
Very common shrub (almost prostrate on cliffs) of semi-open and open spots in dry areas.
FLA lists another species Chamaecrista obcordata.   It describes the prostrate form illustrated in the first two images.  Rupert Barneby's monograph re Chamacrista obcordata states "We suspect that field observation may show C. obcordata to be little more than a local paucifoliate glaucescent variant of C. glandulosa var. swartzii".
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