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Taxon: Andira inermis (W. Wright) Kunth ex DC.

Genus: Andira
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Faboideae tribe: Dalbergieae. Also placed in: Papilionaceae
Nomen number: 3115
Place of publication: Prodr. 2:475. 1825
Comment: combination not validly published by Kunth (1824)
Name verified on: 12-May-2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 25-Jan-2002
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA).
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • angelin   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  • angelin-tree   (Source: Leg Seeds US ) – English
  • cabbagebark   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  • andira-uchi   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • angelim   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • angelim-branco   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • angelim-da-várzea   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • angelim-liso   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • pau-de-morcego   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • almendro   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – Spanish
  • ajunado   (Source: Esp Veg Prom ) – Spanish (Bolivia)
  • manteco   (Source: Esp Veg Prom ) – Spanish (Colombia)
  • cocu   (Source: Esp Veg Prom ) – Spanish (Panama)

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AFRICA
    Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad; Sudan
    East Tropical Africa: Uganda
    West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon; Central African Republic
    West Tropical Africa: Cote D'Ivoire; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea-Bissau; Mali; Niger; Nigeria; Senegal; Togo
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Northern Mexico: Mexico - Sinaloa
    Central Mexico: Mexico - Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Honduras; Mexico - Campeche, Chiapas, Tabasco; Nicaragua; Panama
    Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Haiti; Jamaica; Martinique; Puerto Rico; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; Virgin Islands (U.S.) - St. Croix
    Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela - Bolivar, Delta Amacuro, Falcon, Federal District, Miranda, Monagas, Tachira, Zulia
    Brazil: Brazil - Acre, Amapa, Amazonas, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Para
    Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia - Amazonas, Antioquia, Caldas, Caqueta, Cauca, Choco, Cordoba, Guajira, Magdalena, Meta [n.], Narino, Santander, Sucre, Valle [s.]; Ecuador - Azuay, Esmeraldas, Napo, Pastaza, Sucumbios; Peru - Amazonas, Cuzco, Huanuco, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Pasco, San Martin, Ucayali
    Southern South America: Argentina - Corrientes; Paraguay

      Cultivated:
  • cultivated elsewhere

References:

  • Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica. (F Jam)
  • Berhaut, J. 1971–. Flore illustrée du Senegal. (F Senegal)
  • Boudet, G. et al. 1986. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. (L Mali)
  • Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber)
  • Brunel, J. F. et al., eds. 1984. Flore analytique du Togo. Phanerogames. (F Togo)
  • Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal. 1992. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. (Esp Veg Prom) 8:43–51. [= Andira inermis (Wright) Kunth].
  • Delorit, R. J. & C. R. Gunn. 1986. Seeds of continental United States legumes (Fabaceae). (Leg Seeds US)
  • Dubs, B. 1998. Prodromus florae matogrossensis. Botany of Mato Grosso, series B, no. 3. (L Mato Grosso)
  • Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt)
  • Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr)
  • Lebrun, J.-P. et al. 1972. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Tchad meridional. (L SChad)
  • León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946–1962. Flora de Cuba.; suppl. 1969 (F CubaLeon)
  • Lewis, G. P. & P. E. Owen. 1989. Legumes of the Ilha de Maraca. (Leg Maraca)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Liogier, A. H. 1981–. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-. (F Hispan)
  • Liogier, H. A. 1984–. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. (F PuertoR)
  • Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. (Leg Africa)
  • Mattos, N. F. 1979. O gênero Andira Lam. (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) no Brasil. Acta Amazon. 9:261.
  • McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana. (F NGalicia)
  • National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. (Trop Leg)
  • Pennington, R. T. 2003. Monograph of Andira (Leguminosae - Papilionoideae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 64:43. [lists as A. inermis (W. Wright) DC.].
  • Sanjappa, M. 1992. Legumes of India. (Leg India)
  • Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995–. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. (F VenGuay)
  • Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Andira inermis (W. Wright) Kunth ex DC.:

  • Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images or nodulation data:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy
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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?3115 (09 February 2010)

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