Author: Vogel
Morphological escription
Trees. Stipules caducous.
Leaves spirally arranged, bipinnate; pinnae opposite or subopposite. Leaflets petiolulate, opposite or subopposite.
Inflorescences axillary or terminal, simple racemose, or paniculate of racemose units; bracts and bractoles caducous (Schizol parahybum infl 225204 ).
Fowers: Hypanthium present. Calyx 5-lobed, lobes more or less regular or zygomorphic, imbricated. Petals 5, imbricate, clawed. Stamens 10, free, all or 9 fertile; anthers dehiscent introrsely or longitudinally. Ovary stipitate, excentric with adnate stipe, 4-ovuled; style filiform; stigma obscure.
Pods one-seeded, opening at apex (Schizol parahybum pod/sd 255206 ).
Seeds albuminous.
Distribution
One or two species, native in C America to Brazil. Cultivated in Malesia : Schizolobium parahybum .