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(Redirected from Dipteryx panamensis) Species of plant in the family Fabaceae

Dipteryx oleifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Dipteryx
Species: D. oleifera
Binomial name
Dipteryx oleifera
Benth.
Synonyms
  • Coumarouna oleifera (Benth.) Taub.
  • Coumarouna panamensis Pittier
  • Dipteryx panamensis (Pittier) Record & Mell
  • Oleiocarpon panamense (Pittier) Dwyer

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 in the family Fabaceae (the subfamily Papilionoidea), native to Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador.

A valuable hardwood timber tree, its almond-flavored seeds are edible and sold in local markets. Its seedpods are so oily that locals use them as torches. It has "great potential" as an ornamental due to its spectacular bloom of pink flowers which lasts for weeks, and is used as a street tree in Medellín, Colombia.

References

  1. ^ "Dipteryx oleifera Benth". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  2. 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)
  3. "Dipteryx oleifera eboe". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022. Other common names; ebor
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. ^ Fern, Ken (20 July 2022). "Useful Tropical Plants Dipteryx oleifera". tropical.theferns.info. Tropical Plants Database. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  7. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Dipteryx oleifera
Dipteryx panamensis
Coumarouna panamensis


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