Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Vell.) Morong

  • Authors

    Rupert C. Barneby

  • Authority

    Barneby, Rupert C. & Grimes, James W. 1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74: 1-292.

  • Family

    Mimosaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Vell.) Morong

  • Discussion

    3. E. contortisiliquum (Mesquita, 1990: 94, figs. 15 18); sensu Bernardi, 1984: 188, fig. 45. Where their ranges overlap, E. contortisiliquum may be distinguished from E. timbouva by higher leaf-formula and by displacement of seeds into two series.