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Caesalpinia coriaria (Jacq.)Willd.

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HIGHER TAXON: Caesalpinieae

GENUS: Caesalpinia L.

Caesalpinia coriaria (Jacq.)Willd. [Preferred name]
    Caesalpinia thomaea Spreng. {Synonym}
    Libidibia coriaria (Jacq.)Schltdl. {Synonym}
    Poinciana coriaria Jacq. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  American Sumac [3019]; Cascalote [1460, 1470, 1645]; Divi-Divi [261, 1470, 1790, 1902, 2023]; Dividivi [2, 261, 1409, 1915, 2264]; Guaracabuya [1409]; Nacascolo [1645]; Nacascolote [1645]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Ghana (I) [8]; Mozambique (I) [8]; Tanzania (I) [8]; Uganda (I) [2]; Zaire (I) [8]
  Asia
India (I) [1914, 3009, 3017, 3020, 3027, 3366, 3371, 3374, 3377, 3378]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Bihar [3371]; Gujarat [3017]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3374]; Maharashtra [1914]; Punjab [3377]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Uttar Pradesh [3366]; West Bengal [3378]; Indonesia (I) [3898]; Jawa (I) [1969, 3898]; Pakistan (I) [2021]; Sri Lanka (I) [2023]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880]; Queensland [1880]; Papua New Guinea (I) [261]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (N) [1056, 1361, 1409, 1430, 1431, 1460, 1470, 1606, 1645, 1653]
  Central America
Costa Rica (N) [1367, 1653, 1658]; El Salvador (N) [1645, 2156]; Guatemala (N) [1645, 1653]; Mexico(North & Central) (N) [1409, 1470]; Mexico(South East) (N) [1470, 1645]; Nicaragua (N) [1653]; Panama (N) [1224, 1606, 1645, 1653]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]
  North America
United States (N) [1915]
  Pacific Ocean
Fiji (I) [2264]; Northern Marianas (I) [2235]
  South America
Colombia (N) [1056, 1430, 1645, 1653]; Venezuela (N) [1056, 1430, 1645, 1653, 1658]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [106];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [261, 1409, 1470, 1645, 1790, 1915, 2021, 2023, 3001, 3009, 3898]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Shrub [261], Tree [261] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994/1995 Lewis GP ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005

  
USES:
  Chemical products [2, 1470, 1645, 1915, 2023]; Domestic [261]; Environmental [106, 1915, 2023, 3001]; Medicine [121, 2023, 3030]; Miscellaneous [261, 3030]; Wood [3030]

  
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