Wild Flowering Plants

Fabaceae subfamily Papilionoideae
Machaerium lunatum   (L.f.) Ducke
Mexico to Tropical America, Africa.
Spiny shrub of swampy grassland.
Quite a few specimens in the open area close to the Pterocarpus relic forest, Cul de Sac swamp, Castries.
Under threat of local extinction due to habitat loss.
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