Lysiloma latisiliquum

False tamarind
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Lysiloma
Species:	L. latisiliquum
Binomial name
Lysiloma latisiliquum (L.) Benth.
Synonyms
Acacia bahamensis (Benth.) Griseb. Acacia latisiliqua (L.) Willd. Leucaena latisiliqua (L.) Gillis Lysiloma bahamense Benth. Mimosa latisiliqua L.

Lysiloma latisiliquum, commonly known as false tamarind or wild tamarind, is a species of tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to southern Florida in the United States, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, southern Mexico, and northern Central America.

Its wood is sometimes traded as sabicu wood.

External links

• http://www.backyardnature.net/yucatan/bean-fam.htm