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Lysiloma latisiliquum (L.) Benth.

Leguminosae

SE North America (SE Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, USA: Florida; Bahamas, Haiti, Cuba)

D[E]

hel hyg mes [xer] calc

dr fw ma (tannin) ti

Acacia bahamensis (Benth.) Griseb. Acacia latisiliqua (L.) Willd. Leucaena latisiliqua (L.) Gillis Lysiloma bahamensis Benth. Lysiloma latisiliqua A.Gray ex Sauvalle Lysiloma latisiliquum ssp. lataefoliolatum A.Barreto & Yakovlev Mimosa latisiliqua L.

Bahamas lysiloma; false tamarind (USA); horseflesh (Bahamas); horseflesh tree (Jamaica, Puerto Rico); lysiloma; raintree (Belize); sabicu; singing bean (Bahamas, USA); tamarind (Bahamas); wild tamarind (Bahamas, Cayman Islands)

lysiloma des Bahamas; tabernon, taverneau, tavernon (Haiti)

abey, adormiolo blanco, bacona morada (Cuba); candelón (Hispaniola); caracolí, caracolillo (Dominican Republic); condelòro (Hispaniola); dormido (Cuba); frijolillo, frijolillo común (Cuba); palo blanco; salam, salem (Mexico); soplillo, soplillo sabíco, tamarindillo, tengüe (Cuba)

chalan (maya, Belize); dzalam?; salam, salaam, salem, salom (maya, Belize); tzalam (Mexico); tzukté

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Latin name	Lysiloma latisiliquum (L.) Benth.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (SE Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, USA: Florida; Bahamas, Haiti, Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	D[E]
Ecology	hel hyg mes [xer] calc
Use	dr fw ma (tannin) ti
Synonym	Acacia bahamensis (Benth.) Griseb. Acacia latisiliqua (L.) Willd. Leucaena latisiliqua (L.) Gillis Lysiloma bahamensis Benth. Lysiloma latisiliqua A.Gray ex Sauvalle Lysiloma latisiliquum ssp. lataefoliolatum A.Barreto & Yakovlev Mimosa latisiliqua L.
English name	Bahamas lysiloma; false tamarind (USA); horseflesh (Bahamas); horseflesh tree (Jamaica, Puerto Rico); lysiloma; raintree (Belize); sabicu; singing bean (Bahamas, USA); tamarind (Bahamas); wild tamarind (Bahamas, Cayman Islands)
French name	lysiloma des Bahamas; tabernon, taverneau, tavernon (Haiti)
Spanish name	abey, adormiolo blanco, bacona morada (Cuba); candelón (Hispaniola); caracolí, caracolillo (Dominican Republic); condelòro (Hispaniola); dormido (Cuba); frijolillo, frijolillo común (Cuba); palo blanco; salam, salem (Mexico); soplillo, soplillo sabíco, tamarindillo, tengüe (Cuba)
Other name	chalan (maya, Belize); dzalam?; salam, salaam, salem, salom (maya, Belize); tzalam (Mexico); tzukté
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