Fabaceae

Wild tamarind

Cojoba arborea (L.) Britton & Rose

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Cojoba

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Wild tamarind (Cojoba arborea) — FlowerPhoto: Lucas Mantelo Cruz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 含羞树, 红酸豆, 鸡髯豆
English: Wild tamarind

Synonyms

Acacia arborea (L.) Willd.
Cojoba matudai (Lundell) L.Rico
Mimosa arborea L.
Pithecellobium arboreum (L.) Urb.
Pithecolobium arboreum (L.) Urb.
Pithecolobium austrinum Standl. & L.O.Williams
Pithecolobium matudai Lundell
Pithecolobium tonduzii (Britton & Rose) Standl.
Pithecolobium tuerckheimii (Britton & Rose) Standl. & Stey
Pithecolobium vulcanorum Standl. & Steyerm.
Samanea arborea (L.) Ricker

Flowers

In flower: March to April, August (from 10 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour: white (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Puerto Rico: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Lucas Mantelo Cruz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Daniel Pineda Vera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dick Culbert, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Solano Andres, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Anthony Mora Aguilar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: stanauber, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Jose Gutierrez Higa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Monica Santelli, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Dan Schofield, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.