Tara spinosa (Molina) Britton & Rose

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Larmenier, Harare

Synonyms:	Caesalpinia spinosa (Molina) Kuntze Coulteria tinctoria (Molina) Kunth Poinciana spinosa Molina
Common names:	Tara (English)
Description:	Shrub or small tree, to 5 m. Trunk and branches armed with prickles. Leaves 2-pinnate, prickly; petiole and rhachis without glands; pinnae 1-4 pairs; leaflets 4-7 pairs per pinna, oblong-elliptic. Flowers yellow, borne in 10-20 cm long racemes. Sepals 5, the lowermost larger and with pectinate fimbriae. Petals 5, up to 1 cm long. Pods pinkish-brown to red, oblong, thick, indehiscent.
Notes:	Apparently rarely cultivated in Zimbabwe
Derivation of specific name:	spinosa: bearing spines (prickles)
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	Distribution as for the genus
Growth form(s):	Tree.
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Image last updated:	Saturday 24 September 2011
Literature:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Tara spinosa
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Tara spinosa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Tara spinosa
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Tara spinosa
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iNaturalist: Tara spinosa
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tara spinosa
JSTOR Plant Science: Tara spinosa
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Tara spinosa
Plants of the World Online: Tara spinosa
Tropicos: Tara spinosa
Wikipedia: Tara spinosa