Diphysa
(from dis, twice, and physa, a bladder; in reference to the legume, which is furnished with a large membranous bladder on each side). ORD. Leguminosae. A genus containing four species of ornamental stove evergreen trees or shrubs, often glandular, all natives of Central America. The soil best adapted to them is one composed of sandy loam and fibry peat. Propagated by cuttings, made from young shoots, and placed in sand, in a mild bottom heat.
D. carthagenensis (Carthagenian). fl. yellow; peduncles axillary, two to three-flowered. l. impari-pinnate; leaflets five pairs. h. 6ft. to 10ft. Carthagena, 1827. A small unarmed-tree.