CAESALPINIACEAE - Caesalpinia Family
Trees or shrubs, some spiny
Leaves usually pinnate or
bipinnate, alternate
Flowers bisexual, zygomorphic, sometimes
almost actinomorphic, standard inside
wings, stamens often all not alike, in a variety of inflorescences
150 genera, 2200 species, mostly tropical and subtropical
Gleditsia - Honey Locust
Cercis - Redbud
Parkinsonia - Palo Verde
Economic importance: drugs, dyes, timber, and ornamentals
Diagnostic characteristics: zygomorphic corolla, arrangement of standard
and wings, pinnate or bipinnate leaves
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