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Cynometra

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Cynometra

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Cynometra (from Greek calque of puki anjing, local Malay name for C. cauliflora according to Rumphius) is genus of tropical forest trees with a pantropical distribution.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderFabales
  5. FamilyFabaceae
Habitatmarine, brackish
Native toAndaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast
Observations recorded18,874

General: Most species of Cynometra are found in primary

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
746
With media
484
Family
Fabaceae
Collections
MSC, IBUNAM, YPM, UFERSA, US, A
Recorded in
Kenya, Mexico, United States, Brasil, Madagascar, Indonesia, Venezuela, Colombia
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Detarieae
Image
Cynom caulif Lv 071126-1784 tdp.jpg
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taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Cynometra
taxon name
Cynometra
topic's main category
Category:Cynometra
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=3286
taxon common name
喃果豆属
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Encyclopedic overview

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Cynometra (from Greek calque of puki anjing, local Malay name for C. cauliflora according to Rumphius) is genus of tropical forest trees with a pantropical distribution.

Species of Cynometra are particularly important as forest components in West Africa and the Neotropics. Cynometra alexandri (muhimbi) is a familiar timber tree of central and east Africa.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cynometra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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