Punjuba centiflora

Punjuba centiflora is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to the east slope of the Bolivian Andes. It is a small tree found in humid montane forests.

Taxonomy

The species was first described as Abarema centiflora by Barneby and J. W. Grimes. and first published in Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 74: 105. 1996. In 2021 it was placed in the revived genus Punjuba as Punjuba centiflora.

Description

The trees reach up to 8 meters in height, with furrowed branchlets. The foliage is bright green in color. The dense racemes have small greenish or whitish flowers. Which are paired to a branch bud. The peduncles are between 1.5 and 4 centimeters in length. There are no pods on the plant.