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OverviewAI-generated
Pithecellobium dulce, commonly known as monkeypod or Madras Thorn, is a species in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the genus Pithecellobium and is classified within the order Fabales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The taxon author citation is (Roxb.) Benth.
The species has a recorded range that includes Fujian, the Tibet Autonomous Region, and Myanmar. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, a status assigned in 2019. Uses for the plant include food, medicinal applications, fodder, and wood. Occurrence records are held by institutions in Mexico, including ECOSUR, UACH, FC-UNAM, INECOL, and UAZ.
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Species
Least ConcernMadras Thorn
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
General: On Pithecellobium dulce and Nerium oleander.
via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3,203
- With media
- 1,387
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- ECOSUR, UACH, FC-UNAM, INECOL, UAZ, CICY
- Recorded in
- Mexico
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Encyclopedic overview
Pithecellobium dulce, commonly known as Manila tamarind, Madras thorn, monkeypod tree or camachile, is a species of flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to the Pacific Coast and adjacent highlands of Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. It is also sometimes known as monkeypod, but that name is also used for several other plants, including Samanea saman. It is an introduced species and extensively naturalized in the Caribbean and Florida, as well as the Philippines and Guam via the Manila galleons. It has also been introduced to Cambodia, Thailand and South Asia, It is considered an invasive species in Hawaii.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pithecellobium dulce” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.