A small leguminous shrub or tree, grows up to 3 m high. Leaves are alternate, oubly pinnately compound, with 6 to 9 pairs of leaflet clusters per leaf and tiny (0.34 cm long) leaflets. Flowers not observed. Two long (3.0 cm) red thorns appear at each leaf junction. Bark is brown with green stripes and cherry-like lenticles. Our specimen was picked in a cow pasture; large specimens cover steep hillsides and in the valley of the Limon river. Very common, in fields, ditches, forest.

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