Abarema glauca

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Abarema glauca

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Abarema
Species:
A. glauca
Binomial name
Abarema glauca
(Urb.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
Synonyms
  • Jupunba glauca (Urb.) Britton & Rose
  • Jupunba savannarum (Britton) Britton & Rose
  • Pithecellobium glaucum Urb.
  • Pithecellobium savannarum Britton

Abarema glauca, the glaucous abarema, is a

Bahamas, Cuba, and Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti). Abarema glauca is found most easily on the east coast of Dominican Republic, in Uvero Alto, north of Punta Cana.[citation needed
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Names

Common rural names are: caracolí, nijaguao, paují (Pittier), jijaguao, and merey montañero (Hoyos).

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