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|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.