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Anadenanthera peregrina (L.)Speg.

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Anadenanthera Speg.

Anadenanthera peregrina (L.)Speg. [Preferred name]
    Acacia angustiloba DC. {Synonym}
    Acacia microphylla Willd. {Synonym}
    Acacia niopo (Willd.)Kunth {Synonym}
    Acacia peregrina (L.)Willd. {Synonym}
    Inga niopo Willd. {Synonym}
    Mimosa acacioides Benth. {Synonym}
    Mimosa niopo (Willd.)Poir. {Synonym}
    Mimosa parvifolia Poir. {Synonym}
    Mimosa peregrina L. {Synonym}
    Niopa peregrina (L.)Britton & Rose {Synonym}
    Piptadenia niopo (Willd.)Spruce {Synonym}
    Piptadenia peregrina (L.)Benth. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Bois Ecorce [2157]; Bois Galle [2157]; Candelon [2157]; Candelon De Teta [2157]; Cohoba [2155]; Cojoba [2157]; Oeuf de Poule [2157]; Tamarindo De Teta [2157]; Vilca [2155]; Yopo [2155]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Caribbean
Dominica (N) [1790]; Dominican Republic (N) [1790, 2157]; Grenada (N) [1790]; Haiti (N) [1790]; Martinique (N) [1790]; Puerto Rico (N) [1790]; St Vincent (N) [1790]; Trinidad & Tobago (N) [1790]
  South America
Brazil (N) [1062, 1414, 1790]; Colombia (N) [1062, 1611]; French Guiana (U) [2285]; Guyana (N) [1062]; Paraguay (N) [1062]; Surinam (U) [2285]; Venezuela (N) [1062, 1611]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1062, 2157] ; Distribution Map [1062, 1790, 2155] ; Illustration [1790, 2155, 2157]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994/1995 Lewis GP ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Zarucchi JL

  
USES:
  Miscellaneous [1062, 2155]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1062.

  Altschul, SirivonReis, 1964
    Contr.Gray Herb.193:3-95 Taxonomic Study of Anadenanthera

1790.

  Howard, R.A. et al., 1988
    Dicotyledoneae Part 1.Fl. Lesser Antilles Arnold Arboretum

2155.

  Altschul, S.vonReis, 1972
    Anadenanthera in Amerindian Cultures.Bot.Mus.Harv.Univ.

2157.

  Liogier, A.H., 1985
    La Flore de la Espanola.III

2285.

  Boggan, V. et al., 1993
    Checklist of plants of the Guianas. Univ.Guyana. Georgetown.
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