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Details for: Pithecellobium dulce
Source: ILDIS World Database of Legumes 2010. (copyright © ILDIS).

Name: Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth.
Rank: Species
Status: ACCEPTED
Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): Regnum - Plantae
     Divisio - Tracheophyta
          Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
               Class - Magnoliopsida
                    Superordo - Rosanae
                         Ordo - Fabales Bromhead
                              Familia - Fabaceae Lindl.
                                   Tribus - Ingeae
                                        Genus - Pithecellobium Mart.
                                            
Synonyms: Acacia obliquifolia M. Martens & Galeotti
Albizia dulcis (Roxb.) F. Muell.
Feuilleea dulcis (Roxb.) Kuntze
Inga camatchili Perr.
Inga dulcis (Roxb.) Willd.
Inga javana DC.
Inga javanica DC.
Inga leucantha C. Presl
Inga pungens Willd.
Mimosa dulcis Roxb.
Mimosa edulis Gagnep.
Mimosa pungens (Willd.) Poir.
Mimosa unguis-cati Blanco
Pithecellobium littorale Record
Misapplied names: "Inga lanceolata" sec. Blanco, non Kuntze.
 
Comments: in old clearings., Native of South America; widely cultivated in the tropics., Native to Tropical America.
Common names: Bois Noir de l’Inde (French), Cassie de Manille (French), Cassie Manie (French), Cassie Manille (French), Espino Playero (), Guichigui (), Huamuchil (), Jina Extranjera (), Madras Thorn (English), Manila Tamarind (English), Manilla Tamarind (English), Michiguiste (), Mochiguiste (), Pinzan (), Tamarin de l’Inde (French), Tammarin de l’Inde (French)[Credits]
Conservation Status: Not Threatened
Maps: distribution
Occurrence: [Eg]
Use: Chemical products, Environmental, Food and Drink, Forage, Medicine, Wood