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Conservation Status
IUCN: not evaluated
USFWS: None
Family: FABACEAE Genus: Gagnebina Species: pterocarpa Species Author: (Lam.) Baill.
This shrub has leaves (~4 cm long) made up of many small (~4 mm long) sword-shaped leaflets. Individual flowers are quite small which stamens and carpels that stick out of the petals. Clusters of these flowers give the plant a pom-pom look. The fruit is a brown sickle-shaped seed pod, about 4-6 cm long and 1 cm wide, containing 15-20 seeds.
(Flora of Madagascar Website www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=12&taxon_id=250071679)
Geographic Distribution: This plant is endemic to the Comoros and Mascarene islands, where it’s found in dry hillsides up to 1000 meters.
(www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=12&taxon_id=250071679)
There are only six species in this genus, all are found in Madagascar, the Commoros and Mascarene Islands.
LUCKOW, M., AND D. D. PUY. 2000. A New Species of Gagnebina (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) from Madagascar. Novon 10: 220-223.
We currently have 7 herbarium specimens for Gagnebina pterocarpa in our collection. Click on any specimen below to view the herbarium sheet data.
