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Taxon: Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb.

Genus: Caesalpinia
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Caesalpinioideae tribe: Caesalpinieae. Also placed in: Caesalpiniaceae
Nomen number: 50012
Place of publication: Fl. ind. ed. 1832, 2:362. 1832
Name verified on: 26-Mar-2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 26-Oct-2006
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA).
Accessions: 2 in National Plant Germplasm System.
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  • Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


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Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • AFRICA
    East Tropical Africa: Tanzania
    West-Central Tropical Africa: Gabon
    West Tropical Africa: Ghana; Nigeria
    Western Indian Ocean: Comoros; Madagascar
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    China: China - Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan
    Eastern Asia: Taiwan
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: Sri Lanka
    Malesia: Papua New Guinea
  • NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
    Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Florida
    Southern Mexico: Mexico - Quintana Roo
  • PACIFIC
    North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Caribbean: Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico
    Mesoamerica: Costa Rica; Nicaragua
    Brazil: Brazil
    Western South America: Colombia; Ecuador - Galapagos Islands, Guayas, Manabi; Peru - Madre de Dios

References:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource). [= Guilandia bonduc L.].
  • Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960–. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
  • Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1961–. Flore du Gabon.
  • Brunel, J. F. et al., eds. 1984. Flore analytique du Togo. Phanerogames.
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  • Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
  • Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963–. Flora of southern Africa.
  • Ghazanfar, S. A. 1992. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2.
  • Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984–. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  • Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003–. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica. [= Guilandina bonduc].
  • Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  • Isely, D. 1975. Leguminosae of the United States: II. Subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25(2):35.
  • Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants.
  • Lewis, G. P. 1987. Legumes of Bahia.
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
  • Nicolson, D. H. et al. 1988. An interpretation of Van Rheede's Hortus Malabaricus. Regnum Veg. 119:125.
  • Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
  • Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource).
  • Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970–. Flora of Thailand.
  • Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  • Ulibarri, E. A. 1996. Sinopsis de Caesalpinia y Hoffmannseggia (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae) de sudamérica. Darwiniana 34:307.
  • Verdcourt, B. 1979. A manual of New Guinea legumes.
  • Vidal, J. E. & S. Hul Thol. 1976. Révision des Caesalpinia asiatiques. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (or, Sér. 3, Bot.) 27:91.
  • Wagner, W. L. et al. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (on-line resource).
  • Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the flora of Yemen.
  • Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
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