Pithecellobium dulce

Pithecellobium dulce

Pithecellobium dulce

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Ingeae
Genus: Pithecellobium
Species: Pithecellobium dulce

Name

Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth., 1844

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Albizia dulcis (Roxb.) F.Muell., Select Pl.: 12 (1872)
  • Feuilleea dulcis (Roxb.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 187 (1891)
  • Inga dulcis (Roxb.) Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 1005 (1806)
  • Mimosa dulcis Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 1: 67 (1798)
  • Zygia dulcis (Benth.) A.Lyons, Pl. Nam., ed. 2: 503 (1907)
• Heterotypic
  • Acacia obliquifolia M.Martens & Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10(2): 317 (1843)
  • Feuilleea bertolonii (Benth.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 187 (1891)
  • Inga camatchili Perr., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 3: 122 (1825)
  • Inga javana DC., Prodr. 2: 436 (1825)
  • Inga lanceolata Blanco, Fl. Filip., ed. 2: 370 (1845), nom. illeg.
  • Inga leucantha C.Presl, Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 495 (1845)
  • Inga nitens M.Martens & Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10(2): 319 (1843)
  • Inga pungens Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 1004 (1806)
  • Mimosa monilifera Bertol., Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat. 3: 142 (1840)
  • Mimosa pungens Poir., J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 36 (1810)
  • Pithecellobium bertolonii Benth., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 588 (1875)
  • Pithecellobium littorale Britton & Rose ex Record, Trop. Woods 11: 15 (1927)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru Regional: Northern South America Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Andaman Is., Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gambia, Ghana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, India, Iraq, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Leeward Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Yemen, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Doubtfully present in: Suriname References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bentham, G. 1844. London Journal of Botany. London 3:199.

Additional references

• Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pithecellobium dulce in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 16. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Pithecellobium dulce. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 16. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Pithecellobium dulce. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 October 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pithecellobium dulce. Published online. Accessed: October 16 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pithecellobium dulce in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

العربية: غاف البحر
বাংলা: খইয়া বাবলা
нохчийн: Kamansilis
English: monkeypod
فارسی: تمبر هندی مانیلا
français: Tamarin d'Inde
हिन्दी: जंगल जलेबी
Ilokano: Kamantiris
ភាសាខ្មែរ: អំពិលទឹក
lietuvių: Saldžioji beždžionpupė
മലയാളം: മാനിലപ്പുളി
मराठी: विलायती चिंच
Nāhuatl: Cuammochitl
नेपाली: जलेबी
ଓଡ଼ିଆ: ଶିମକଇଁଆ
Kapampangan: Kamatsilis
русский: Питецеллобиум сладкий
தமிழ்: கொடுக்காய்ப்புளி
తెలుగు: సీమ చింత
ไทย: มะขามเทศ
Tagalog: Kamatsile
Tiếng Việt: Me nước
中文: 牛蹄豆, 蛟龙木

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