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Enterolobium cyclocarpum

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Enterolobium cyclocarpum, known by names such as conacaste, guanacaste, caro caro and elephant ear tree, is a species of flowering tree in the family Fabaceae native to tropical regions of the Americas, from central Mexico south to northern Brazil and Venezuela. It is known for its large size and often spherical crown and for its distinctively shaped seedpods, and it is especially abundant and valued for shade in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, where it is the national tree. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
System (Realm)
Freshwater 2
Relationship to People
Eaten or Drunk by People 3
Relationship to People
Source of Timber or Wood 3
Living or Extinct
Yes 4
Scientific Name
Enterolobium cyclocarpum 4
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 5
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Fabaceae, Taxa
Source Enterolobium cyclocarpum (Wikidata)

In Biome

Tropical Dry Forest, Biomes
Source Plants For A Future: Enterolobium cyclocarpum
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Found In

Belize

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Bolivia

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Central African Republic

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Colombia

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Costa Rica

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Cuba

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Dominican Republic

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El Salvador

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Ghana

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Guatemala

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Guinea

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Guyana

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Haiti

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Honduras

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Jamaica

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Myanmar

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Nicaragua

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Philippines

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Sierra Leone

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Venezuela

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Sources
1. Enterolobium cyclocarpum (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
    Enterolobium cyclocarpum, commonly known as conacaste, guanacaste, caro caro, devil's ear tree, monkey-ear tree, or elephant-ear tree, is a species of flowering tree in the family Fabaceae, that is native to tropical regions of the Americas, from central Mexico south to northern Brazil (Roraima) and Venezuela.
  • Infobox: status
    LC
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2. GBIF Species API
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3. Plants For A Future: Enterolobium cyclocarpum
Plants For A Future
  • Edible Uses
    The young seedpods and seeds are cooked and eaten as a vegetable[46 , 303 ].
  • Other Uses (Wood)
    The wood is very light in weight; it varies from soft and spongy to moderately hard and firm; is generally moderately durable, but is very durable in water; resistant to attack by dry-wood termites and Lyctus.
  • In Biome: Tropical Dry Forest, Habitats
    A climax, dominant species in subtropical, dry forest zones, restricted to disturbed areas in wetter forest types ... Dry lowland forests and savannahs ... Dry hillsides and by streams, usually below elevations of 300 metres in Guatemala ... A tropical plant. It is native to tropical America. It grows in dry, lowland forest and savannah. It can tolerate drought. It has some salt tolerance.
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4. Enterolobium cyclocarpum (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q135127 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Fabaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Fabales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12426
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12426
"cites_listing":"I/II/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Fabales","family":null},"synonyms":[{"id":39606,"full_name":"Guilandina","author_year":"L.","rank":"GENUS"}],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]
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Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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