Dimorphandra pullei Amshoff

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Dimorphandra

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 50 m tall. The young twigs have soft brown hairs. The leaves are compound. The leaflets are divided. The flowers are in dense spikes with rusty hairs. The fruit is a narrow pod. It is 20-24 cm long by 3.5-4.5 cm wide and 0.5-0.7 cm thick. There are fine veins across the pod. The seeds are 1.5 cm long 0.6 cm wide and 0.4 cm thick. The brownish pulp is edible.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 50.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in rainforest on granite.
Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses -
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Dimorphandra pullei world distribution map, present in American Samoa, Brazil, and Suriname

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:80437-2
WFO ID wfo-0000182176
COL ID 367BL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 733642
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Synonyms

Dimorphandra pullei