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Pithecolobium filicifolium
Tamarind Tam"a*rind, n. [It. tamarindo, or Sp. tamarindo, or Pg. tamarindo, tamarinho, from Ar. tamarhind[=i], literally, Indian date; tamar a dried date + Hind India: cf. F. tamarin. Cf. Hindu.] (Bot.) 1. A leguminous tree (Tamarindus Indica) cultivated both the Indies, and the other tropical countries, for the sake of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is lofty and large, with wide-spreading branches; the flowers are in racemes at the ends of the branches. The leaves are small and finely pinnated. 2. One of the preserved seed pods of the tamarind, which contain an acid pulp, and are used medicinally and for preparing a pleasant drink. Tamarind fish, a preparation of a variety of East Indian fish with the acid pulp of the tamarind fruit. Velvet tamarind. (a) A West African leguminous tree (Codarium acutifolium). (b) One of the small black velvety pods, which are used for food in Sierra Leone. Wild tamarind (Bot.), a name given to certain trees somewhat resembling the tamarind, as the Lysiloma latisiliqua of Southern Florida, and the Pithecolobium filicifolium of the West Indies.
Pithecolobium micradenium
Shagbark Shag"bark`, n. (Bot.) A rough-barked species of hickory (Carya alba), its nut. Called also shellbark. See Hickory. (b) The West Indian Pithecolobium micradenium, a legiminous tree with a red coiled-up pod.
Pithecolobium Saman
Zamang a*mang", n. (Bot.) An immense leguminous tree (Pithecolobium Saman) of Venezuela. Its branches form a hemispherical mass, often one hundred and eighty feet across. The sweet pulpy pods are used commonly for feeding cattle. Also called rain tree. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).

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- Pithecellobium Mart. (1837), nom. cons. Species See text Synonyms Pithecelobium (orth.var.) Pithecollobium Mart. Pithecolobium (lapsus) Spiroloba Raf. (1838)...
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- Albizia elegans (Ducke) L.Rico (1999 publ. 2000), nom. illeg. Balizia elegans (Ducke) Barneby & J.W.Grimes (1996) Pithecolobium elegans Ducke (1922)...
- Feuilleea albicans (****h) ****ze Pithecellobium albicans (****h) Benth. Pithecolobium albicans (****h) Benth. (lapsus) ILDIS (2005) Rätsch (2004) "Archaeologists...
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