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Taxon:  Andira inermis (W. Wright) Kunth ex DC.



Summary
Genus:
Andira
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Dalbergieae
Nomen number:
3115
Place of publication:
Prodr. 2:475. 1825
Comment:
combination not validly published by Kunth (1824)
Verified:
05/12/2000 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Andira inermis (W. Wright) Kunth ex DC. subsp. glabricalyx R. T. Penn. (0 active accession[s])
Andira inermis (W. Wright) Kunth ex DC. subsp. inermis (0 active accession[s])
Andira inermis (W. Wright) Kunth ex DC. subsp. rooseveltii (De Wild.) J. B. Gillett ex Polhill (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
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  2. Allen, O. N. & E. K. Allen. 1936. Root nodule bacteria of some tropical leguminous plants: I. Cross-inoculation studies with Vigna sinensis L. Soil Sci. 42(1):61-77.
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  9. Dubs, B. Prodromus florae matogrossensis. Botany of Mato Grosso, series B, no. 3. 1998
  10. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  11. Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 11:268-269.
  12. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm.
  13. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
  14. Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
  15. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
  16. León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). Flora de Cuba. 1946-1962; suppl. 1969
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  18. Lewis, G. P. & P. E. Owen. Legumes of the Ilha de Maraca. 1989
  19. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  20. Liogier, A. H. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-. 1981-
  21. Liogier, H. A. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. 1984-
  22. Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
  23. Mattos, N. F. 1979. O gênero Andira Lam. (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) no Brasil. Acta Amazon. 9:261.
  24. McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
  25. National Academy of Sciences. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. 1979
  26. Pennington, R. T. 2003. Monograph of Andira (Leguminosae - Papilionoideae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 64:43.
  27. Sanjappa, M. Legumes of India. 1992
  28. Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. 1995-
  29. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
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Common names
English
angelin –
angelin-tree –
cabbagebark –
cabbagetree –
Portuguese (Brazil)
andira-uchi –
angelim –
angelim-branco –
angelim-da-várzea –
angelim-liso –
pau-de-morcego –
Spanish
almendro –
Spanish (Bolivia)
ajunado –
Spanish (Colombia)
manteco –
Spanish (Panama)
cocu –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGambia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea-Bissau  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSinaloa 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoCampeche 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoChiapas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoColima 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoGuerrero 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoJalisco 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMexico 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMichoacan 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoNayarit 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoOaxaca 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoTabasco 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAcre 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAmapa 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAmazonas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilMaranhao 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilMato Grosso 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilMato Grosso do Sul 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilPara 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominican Republic  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGrenada  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGuadeloupe  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHaiti  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMartinique  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanPuerto Rico  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Lucia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Vincent and Grenadines  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanTrinidad and Tobago  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanVirgin Islands (U.S.)St. Croix 
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaBelize  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaCosta Rica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaEl Salvador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaHonduras  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaNicaragua  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaPanama  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaFrench Guiana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaSuriname  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaBolivar 
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaDelta Amacuro 
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaFalcon 
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaFederal District 
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaMiranda 
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaMonagas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaTachira 
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaZulia 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaCorrientes 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaAmazonas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaAntioquia 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaCaldas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaCaqueta 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaCauca 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaChoco 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaCordoba 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaGuajira 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaMagdalena 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaMeta 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaNarino 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaSantander 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaSucre 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaValle 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorAzuay 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorEsmeraldas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorNapo 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorPastaza 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorSucumbios 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruAmazonas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruCuzco 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruHuanuco 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruLoreto 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruMadre de Dios 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruPasco 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruSan Martin 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruUcayali 
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanPuerto Rico  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Sudan, Chad
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Central African Republic, Cameroon
Northern America
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Sinaloa]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Tabasco]
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil [Acre, Amapa, Amazonas, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Para]
  • CARIBBEAN: Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (U.S.) [St. Croix]
  • MESOAMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela [Bolivar, Zulia, Falcon, Miranda, Monagas, Federal District, Tachira, Delta Amacuro]
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Corrientes], Paraguay
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia [Antioquia, Caldas, Cauca, Cordoba, Magdalena, Meta, Santander, Sucre, Valle, Choco, Guajira, Narino, Caqueta, Amazonas], Ecuador [Azuay, Esmeraldas, Napo, Pastaza, Sucumbios], Peru [Amazonas, Cuzco, Huanuco, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Pasco, San Martin, Ucayali]
Cultivated
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Puerto Rico
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Bee plantshoney production National Academy of Sciences. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. 1979
Environmentalornamental Pennington, R. T. 2003. Monograph of Andira (Leguminosae - Papilionoideae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 64:43.
Environmentalshade/shelter Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 11:268-269.
Materialswood Pennington, R. T. 2003. Monograph of Andira (Leguminosae - Papilionoideae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 64:43.
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Pennington, R. T. 2003. Monograph of Andira (Leguminosae - Papilionoideae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 64:43.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=3115. Accessed 2 May 2026.

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