Fabaceae
Cabbagebark tree
Andira inermis
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Andira
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- أنديرة عزلاء, شجرة الكرنب
- Bambara
- Kinedo
- Chinese
- 无刺甘蓝豆
- English
- Cabbagebark tree
- Haitian Creole
- Bwa palmis
- Lithuanian
- Paprastoji andira
- Spanish
- Ajunado, Glycyrrhiza undulata
Synonyms
- Andira jamaicensis Urb.
- Geoffroea acutifolia Stokes
- Geoffroea inermis (Wright) Wright
- Geoffroea inermis W.Wright
- Geoffroea jamaicensis W.Wright
- Geoffroea jamaicensis Urb.
- Geoffroea jamaicensis var. inermis W.Wright
- Vouacapoua inermis (W.Wright) P.Knuth
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Toxicity: Moderate, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
Photo: S.Pereira-Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: S.Pereira-Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: NMNH, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aitor, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wes Gapp, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ajit Ampalakkad, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.