genus pithecolobium

1. Thorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asia (synset 111784700)
   is a type of: rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
   member holonym:

   • camachile, huamachil, manila tamarind, pithecellobium dulce, wild tamarind - common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum
   • black bead, cat's-claw, catclaw, pithecellobium unguis-cati - erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida
   belongs to: mimosoideae, subfamily mimosoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae
   same as: genus pithecellobium, pithecellobium, pithecolobium

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