Mariosousa heterophylla | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
Genus: | Mariosousa |
Species: | M. heterophylla
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Binomial name | |
Mariosousa heterophylla (Rose) Seigler & Ebinger
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Synonyms [1] [2] | |
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Mariosousa heterophylla, also called the palo blanco tree (which is also applied to Ipomoea arborescens), [3] palo liso, guinola, [4] and Willard acacia, is a normally evergreen mimosoid plant in the genus Mariosousa native to Mexico. The Spanish common name translates into 'white stick', defining its peeling white bark. A compound called willardiine, that acts as an agonist in glutamate receptors, can be isolated from M. heterophylla. [5] [6]
It can grow 10–20 ft or more with a spread of 1⁄3 to 2⁄3 the height. It is a very slender tree with few branches as well as leaves. The petiolar-rachis is characteristically long and functions as a cladophyll. it has a white or yellow-colored peeling off bark. The leaves have 5–6 leaflets in the end. It may drop leaves in autumn and winter. The flowers are like catkins, rod or bottle-brush-like, white or light yellow in color. The pods are multichambered, and 3–4 in long specimens. [7] The flowers occur in pale yellow spikes. [8]
The plant is endemic to Sonora ( Sonoran desert), Mexico. It prefers rocky bajdas, slopes and arroyos from 0 to 2,000 feet elevation. [9] It is a popular ornamental tree in arid areas, especially in the southwestern U.S. [10]
Acacia willardiana.
Mariosousa heterophylla | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
Genus: | Mariosousa |
Species: | M. heterophylla
|
Binomial name | |
Mariosousa heterophylla (Rose) Seigler & Ebinger
[1]
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Synonyms [1] [2] | |
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Mariosousa heterophylla, also called the palo blanco tree (which is also applied to Ipomoea arborescens), [3] palo liso, guinola, [4] and Willard acacia, is a normally evergreen mimosoid plant in the genus Mariosousa native to Mexico. The Spanish common name translates into 'white stick', defining its peeling white bark. A compound called willardiine, that acts as an agonist in glutamate receptors, can be isolated from M. heterophylla. [5] [6]
It can grow 10–20 ft or more with a spread of 1⁄3 to 2⁄3 the height. It is a very slender tree with few branches as well as leaves. The petiolar-rachis is characteristically long and functions as a cladophyll. it has a white or yellow-colored peeling off bark. The leaves have 5–6 leaflets in the end. It may drop leaves in autumn and winter. The flowers are like catkins, rod or bottle-brush-like, white or light yellow in color. The pods are multichambered, and 3–4 in long specimens. [7] The flowers occur in pale yellow spikes. [8]
The plant is endemic to Sonora ( Sonoran desert), Mexico. It prefers rocky bajdas, slopes and arroyos from 0 to 2,000 feet elevation. [9] It is a popular ornamental tree in arid areas, especially in the southwestern U.S. [10]
Acacia willardiana.