Tree from guadeloupe

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  1. bertrand78

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    This little tree comes froma seed that I brought back from Guadeloupe. The adult tree is about 8-10 m high, looks slightly like a tamarindus indica, but it's definitely anorther species. A strange characteristic is that its leaves fold a two levels at night, as can be seen on the pictures. Thus, the leaves not only close up at night, but also fold downwards, parallel to the main branches or trunk. Does anyone has an idea ?
     

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    At first sight, I thought possible a type of Acacia, but I'm thinking something on the lines of Indigofera. How large are the leaves?
     
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    Albizzia julibrissen has a different leaf size.
     
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    Silver surfer Generous Contributor 10 Years

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    Try Leucaena glauca. Believe this also has leaves that fold at night .
     
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    Hmm, Leucaena glauca doesn't look correct, for the similar reason of leave size/spacing.
     
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    Apparently, at night, leaves from leucaena glauca do not fold at the base, but only at the level of leaflets...I have a few acacia sp. (xantophloea, farnaisiana, albida, sieberiana...) that do not have this strange feature !
     
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    Lila Pereszke Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    Hm... Delonix regia? :)
     
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    Lila Pereszke Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    OK, this souds really not too strongly... :( But I found 3 photos to confirm my idea!!! :) They are Delonix regia seedlings:
     

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    Thanks Lila, but this is definitely not a delonix regia. I have two of them, the leaves are much larger although they have similar leaflets, and they don't show this very special folding at night...
     
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    maybe Robinia pseudoacacia...
     
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    Lila Pereszke Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    Pfff... you are right... :(
    But here is my next idea: Samanea saman ?! :)
     
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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Lots of tropical legumes, lots of legumes everywhere in fact. After they get farther along it may be possible to tell better.
     

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