Armathocereus humilis, Stenocereus griseus, Acanthocereus pentagonus y Pilosocereus colombianus; and woody species of bushes and trees such as Pithecellobium bogotense, Capparis odoratissima, Bulnesia carrapo, Maclura tinctoria, Fagara pterota, Prakinsonia aculeta, Prosopis juliflora, and Acacia farnesiana among others. From Wordnik.com. [Magdalena Valley dry forests] Reference
Pithecellobium dulce is a thorny tree which can become weedy. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
Pithecellobium dulce forms root nodules with Rhizobium bacteria. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
Pithecellobium dulce normally competes successfully with other vegetation. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
SYMBIOSIS: Pithecellobium dulce forms root nodules with Rhizobium bacteria. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
It was formerly classified as Samanea saman, Pithecellobium saman and Emerolobium saman. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
Pithecellobium dulce is the only species that teas become widespread outside its origin. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
It was formerly classified as Samanea saman, Pithecellobium saman and Enterolobium saman. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
Pithecellobium dulce thrives in dry warm climates where annual rainfall is 400 to 1650 mm. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
Pithecellobium species are noted for their tolerance of heat, salinity, and impoverished soils. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
ECOLOGY: Pithecellobium duke thrives in dry warm climates where annual rainfall is 400 to 1650 mm. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
Pithecellobium dulce is also very popular as an ornamental and is used in topiary (plant sculpturing). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
Pithecellobium dolce is also very popular as an ornamental and is used in topiary (plant sculpturing). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
Prominent trees in this area include Lonchocarpus punctatus, Bursera simaruba, Machaerium robinifolium and Pithecellobium unguiscati. From Wordnik.com. [Trinidad and Tobago dry forests] Reference
On land disturbed by agriculture dominants of the secondary forest include Salix humboltiana, Ceiba pentandra and species of Bambusa and Pithecellobium. From Wordnik.com. [Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras] Reference
Pithecellobium dulce followed the Spanish galleon route (with leucaenas, gliricidias and other nitrogen fixing trees) through the Pacific and Asia to Africa. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
Thornscrub habitats are dominated by mesquite (Prosopis laevigata) and huamúchil (Pithecellobium dulce), and interspersed with saltgrass (Distichlis spicata) and Eragrostis obtusiflora. From Wordnik.com. [Bajío dry forests] Reference
The canopy reaches to 35 meters with the most abundant tree species being Virola elongata, Eschweilera longipes, E. pachysepala, Aldina latifolia var. latifolia, and Pithecellobium amplissimum. From Wordnik.com. [Negro-Branco moist forests] Reference
Restricted range species include several cacti, including Armathocereus humilis and Melocactus spp., the endemic tree Pithecellobium bogotense, and the endangered tropical rattle snake Crotalus durissus. From Wordnik.com. [Magdalena Valley dry forests] Reference
Abandoned cleared land reverts to a tangled secondary growth, dominated by introduced woody plants such as Triphasia trifolia, Jatropha gossypifolia, Pithecellobium dulce, Muntingia calabura, Cananga odorata, and especially Leucaena leucocephala. From Wordnik.com. [Marianas tropical dry forests] Reference
Woody species in the better drained savannas and woodlands include Tabebuia ochracea, Luehea paniculata, Acacia albicorticata, Acrocomia aculeata, Astronium fraxinifolium, Cordia glabrata, Pithecellobium scalare, Pseudobombax marginatum, and Samanea tubulosa. From Wordnik.com. [Beni savanna] Reference
There are several plants species endemic to this area, specially Steriphoma colombiana, Amaria petiolata, Pithecellobium bogotense and in the transition forests between dry and moist regions, the national flower of Colombia, the endemic and highly endangered Cattleya trianaei. From Wordnik.com. [Magdalena Valley dry forests] Reference
Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
Pithecellobium dulce is such a tree. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
BOTANY: Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
Blackbead (Pithecellobium). From Wordnik.com. [Discourse.net: When Trees Reproduce] Reference
Pithecellobium. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
Pithecellobium duke. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 13] Reference
Pithecellobium dulce. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 11] Reference
Pithecellobium dulce-Sweet and Thorny. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
Pereskia colombiana, P. guamacho, Piptadenia flava, Pithecellobium dulce, P. unguis-cati, Platymiscium sp. From Wordnik.com. [Lara-Falcón dry forests] Reference
Moluccan sau Paraserianthes falcataria, kamachile Pithecellobium dulce, tanglin Adenanthera intermedia); and, (3) small, winged, wind-disseminated seeds (e.g. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Some of the principal endemic species of vegetation specific to this ecoregion are: Ceiba trichistandra, Prosopis juliflora, Cordia lutea, Eriotheca ruizii, Maclura tinctoria, Pithecellobium exelsum, Bursera graveolens, Pradosia montana, Croton riviniaefolius, Macranthisiphon longiflorus, Amyris pinnata, Erythroxylum patens, Zanthoxylum tumbezanum, Prunus subcorymbosa and Capparis angulata. From Wordnik.com. [Ecuadorian dry forests] Reference
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