Fabaceae
Cohoba tree
Anadenanthera peregrina
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Anadenanthera
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Common names
By language (12)
- arz
- انادينانثيرا بيريجرينا
- Catalan
- Yopo
- Chinese
- 大果柯拉豆, 酒醉木
- English
- Cohoba tree, Yopo
- French
- Yopo, Cebil, Cohoba, Kohobba, Oo-koo-hé, Yopa, Yupa
- German
- Niopo, Peptadenia peregrina, Yopo
- Japanese
- ヨポ
- Latvian
- Yopo
- Lithuanian
- Klajoklinis karolmedis
- Persian
- یوپو جوپو, انادنانترا پرگرینا
- Polish
- Yopo
- Spanish
- Mopo, Nopo, Parica, Piptademia niopo, Piptademia peregrina, Yopo
Synonyms
- Acacia angustiloba DC.
- Acacia microphylla Willd.
- Acacia niopo (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Kunth
- Acacia niopo Litv.
- Acacia peregrina (L.) Willd.
- Acacia trichophylloides Macfad.
- Anadenanthera peregrina var. peregrina
- Inga niopo Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
- Mimosa acacioides Benth.
- Mimosa niopo (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Poir.
- Mimosa parvifolia Poir.
- Mimosa peregrina L.
- Niopa peregrina (L.) Britton & Rose
- Piptadenia niopo (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Spruce
- Piptadenia peregrina (L.) Benth.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.