Dipteryx oleifera
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Dipteryx |
| Species: | D. oleifera
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| Binomial name | |
| Dipteryx oleifera | |
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Dipteryx oleifera (syns. Dipteryx panamensis and Coumarouna panamensis), the eboe, choibá, Tonka Bean or almendro (almond in Spanish), is a species of emergent rainforest tree up to 165 feet (fifty meters) tall[2] in the family Fabaceae (the subfamily Papilionoidea), native to Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador.[1][3][4]
A valuable hardwood timber tree, its almond-flavored seeds are edible and sold in local markets.[5] Its seedpods are so oily that locals use them as torches.[6] It has "great potential" as an ornamental due to its spectacular bloom of pink flowers which lasts for weeks,[6] and is used as a street tree in Medellín, Colombia.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Dipteryx oleifera Benth". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ Zuchowski, Willow (2007). Tropical Plants of Costa Rica. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell Univ. Press. pp. 240–241. ISBN 0-978-8014-1588-0.
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: invalid prefix (help) - ^ "Dipteryx oleifera eboe". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
Other common names; ebor
- ^ Murillo Gómez, Paola Andrea; Atehortúa Garcés, Lucia (2013). "Cultivos celulares de Choibá Dipteryx oleifera Benth". Revista Colombiana de Biotecnología. 15 (2): 124. doi:10.15446/rev.colomb.biote.v15n2.36862.
- ^ Carvalho, Catarina S.; Cardoso, Domingos B.O.S.; Lima, Haroldo C.; Zamora, Nelson A.; Klitgaard, Bente B. (2021). "(2842) Proposal to conserve Coumarouna panamensis (Dipteryx panamensis) against D. oleifera (Leguminosae)". Taxon. 70 (5): 1142–1144. doi:10.1002/tax.12585. S2CID 239533180.
- ^ a b Fern, Ken (20 July 2022). "Useful Tropical Plants Dipteryx oleifera". tropical.theferns.info. Tropical Plants Database. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ Ossola, Alessandro; Hoeppner, Malin J.; Burley, Hugh M.; Gallagher, Rachael V.; Beaumont, Linda J.; Leishman, Michelle R. (2020). "The Global Urban Tree Inventory: A database of the diverse tree flora that inhabits the world's cities". Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29 (11): 1907–1914. Bibcode:2020GloEB..29.1907O. doi:10.1111/geb.13169. S2CID 225429443.
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