Zapoteca aculeata

Overview

Zapoteca aculeata is a thorny shrub or small tree in the Fabaceae family native to Mexico, particularly to the Pacific slope dry forests and coastal thorns

Zapoteca aculeata is a thorny shrub or small tree in the Fabaceae family native to Mexico, particularly to the Pacific slope dry forests and coastal thornscrub, armed with spines as the species name suggests. It produces globose flower heads with numerous white to cream stamens and bipinnately compound leaves, bearing flat seed pods. The genus Zapoteca is named after the Zapotec people of Mexico and includes shrubby to arborescent legumes of tropical dry forests.