Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Vell.) Morong

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Ewanrigg

Synonyms:	Enterolobium timbouva Mart.
Common names:	Earpod tree (English)
Description:	Tree to 20 m. Leaves 2-pinnate; glands not present on petiole or rhachis; leaflets acute. Flower heads white. Pod black, thick, flattened, coiled almost into a circle.
Notes:	Occasionally cultivated.
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Worldwide distribution:	Native to Brazil
Growth form(s):	Tree.
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Image last updated:	Saturday 24 September 2011
Literature:	Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z. (1976). Hortus Third. A concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc., New York Page 425.

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