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Machaerium arboreum

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Jacquin) Vogel

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• S. Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Venezuela
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• streamside
• woodland
• coastal forest

Flowering Times

• Jul

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Mar

Giant twining woody liana, shrub or tree with 3-5 glabrous leaflets or pubescent beneath to 140m long. Axillary racemes, 7mm long white or yellow-brown flowers. Fruit with samaras to 120mm long

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• ILDIS
• Standley