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Enterolobium barinense

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Enterolobium barinense
"Enterolobium barinense," nearly ripe pod of a wild tree in Villavicencio, Colombia
Enterolobium barinense, nearly ripe pod of a wild tree in Villavicencio, Colombia
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: Enterolobium
Species:
E. barinense
Binomial name
Enterolobium barinense
L.Cárdenas & H.Rodr.-Carr.

Enterolobium barinense, commonly known as caro blanco or oreja de negro, is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae. It was previously thought to be endemic to Venezuela,[1] but it has been located in neighboring Colombia as well.[2] It differs from the very similar and sympatric E. cyclocarpum by its black (instead of reddish-brown) and smoother pods, and by its larger, fewer and more rounded leaflets.

References

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  1. ^ Barneby, Rupert C. (1996). "Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system of the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies". Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. 74 (1).
  2. ^ Mijares, F.J.; Aymard, G.A.; Pérez-Buitrago, N. (2018). "Nuevos registros para la flora vascular de Colombia presentes en la Orinoquia y reseña histórica de las expediciones botánicas a la región". Biota Colombiana. 18 (2): 72–87.