Compilation
Enterolobium contortisiliquum

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Name

Identification
Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Vell.) Morong [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Calliandra pacara Griseb. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Grisebach, A., Calliandra pacara Griseb. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Enterolobium contortisiliquum
  • Calliandra pacara

Flora

Entry for Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Vell.) Morong [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1959) Author: J. P. M. Brenan
Names
Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Vell.) Morong [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Enterolobium timboüva Mart. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Information
It resembles an Albizia or Pithecellobium, but has many very acute leaflets, and a thick indehiscent pod twisted almost into a circle.
Notes
is cultivated in Kenya.

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