Biology:Abarema glauca

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Short description: Species of legume

Abarema glauca
Scientific classification edit
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 tree species in the legume family (Fabaceae). It is found in the 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]

Names

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

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