Apuleia
Sign in to saveApuleia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Dialioideae. The only species in the genus is Apuleia leiocarpa. It is a tree native to northern South America, from Colombia and Venezuela to Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
Observations149
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Apuleia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Dialioideae. The only species in the genus is Apuleia leiocarpa. It is a tree native to northern South America, from Colombia and Venezuela to Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina.
==Description== It has a flattened, wide, dense crown. It reaches in height, with a slightly tortuous and very long trunk, with fins at the base. Rhytidoma that splits into discs. Leaves imparipinadas composed, 05.11 leaflets long. It has small white flowers in clusters, blooming when the leaves fall. The legume fruit is long, with 2-3 seeds, which are and difficult to extract.