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Genus:
Hymenaea (copals) Life
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Eurosid I > Fabales > Family: Fabaceae > Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Fourteen species, native mainly to the American tropics but
with one species also native to East Africa, Madgascar and Mauritius. Two
species are cultivated in southern Africa.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Hymenaea coubaril (West Indian
locust, Brazilian copal)
Native from Mexico to Brazil. |
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Hymenaea verrucosa (East African
copal, Madagascar copal)
Native to tropical Africa, Madgascar and Mauritius. |
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