Cojoba arborea (L.) Britton & Rose

Wild tamarind (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Cojoba

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen tree. It grows 17.1-22.8m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 17.1 - 22.8
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.9
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Moist or wet forest, sometimes on limestone, at elevations up to 1,500 metres. Chiefly found along streams and at the base of cliffs in the moist limestone region of Puerto Rico.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 5-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses bee plant fixation of sand dunes insecticide invertebrate food leaf vegetable material medicinal poison shade soil improve timber vertebrate poison wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Cojoba arborea leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Cojoba arborea leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Cojoba arborea leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Fruit

Cojoba arborea fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Cojoba arborea world distribution map, present in American Samoa, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, Singapore, and El Salvador

Conservation status

Cojoba arborea threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:62882-2
WFO ID wfo-0000171255
COL ID WWQ7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Cojoba tonduzii Cojoba tuerckheimii Cojoba colombiana Pithecolobium tuerckheimii Pithecolobium matudai Pithecolobium austrinum Samanea arborea Cojoba guatemalensis Cojoba austrina Pithecellobium vulcanorum Pithecellobium arboreum Pithecellobium filicifolium Mimosa filicifolia Pithecellobium cubense Mimosa ouyratama Feuilleea filicifolia Pithecellobium tonduzii Pithecellobium tuerckheimii Cojoba matudae Pithecolobium arboreum Pithecolobium vulcanorum Pithecolobium tonduzii Pithecellobium austrinum Pithecellobium matudae Cojoba arborea var. arborea Cojoba arborea var. cubensis Cojoba arborea Mimosa arborea Acacia arborea Cojoba matudai Pithecellobium arboreum var. filifolia

Lower taxons

Cojoba arborea var. angustifolia