Fabaceae

Cumaru

Dipteryx odorata (Aubl.) Forsyth f.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Dipteryx

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Common names

By language (24)

Arabic: Tonka bean
arz: فاصوليا تونكا
Cantonese: 香二翅豆木, 巴西柚木, 庫馬魯
Catalan: Fava tonca, Cumaru, Fava Tonka, Kumaru
Chinese: 香豆树, 香豆樹, 零陵香豆, 香二翅豆
Czech: Silovoň obecný
Danish: Tonkabønne
Dutch: Tonkabonen
English: Cumaru, Tonka bean, Brazilian teak, Kumaru, Coumarou
Esperanto: Tonka fabo
French: Fève tonka, Feve tonka
German: Tonkabohnenbaum
Hebrew: טונקה
Icelandic: Tonkabaunir
Japanese: トンカビーンズ
Korean: 쿠마루, 통카콩
mzn: کومارو
Persian: لوبیای تونکا
Polish: Tonkowiec wonny, Bób tonka, Ziarno tonka
Portuguese: Cumaru
Russian: Диптерикс душистый
Slovenian: Tonko
Spanish: Cumaru, Cumaruna, Cumarú, Cumbaru, Cumbarú, Haba tonca, Haba tonka
Ukrainian: Диптерикс пахучий

Synonyms

Baryosma tongo Gaertn.
Coumarouna odorata Aubl.
Coumarouna odorata var. tetraphylla (Spruce ex Benth.) Ducke
Coumarouna tetraphylla (Spruce ex Benth.) Taub.
Dipteryx tetraphylla Benth.
Heinzia peregrina J.F.Gmel.

Photos

Photo: vincentvosriberalta, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: MNHN - Paris, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, SM - 2014, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: josesolorzano89, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: British Museum - Natural History Museum's Biodiversity Informatics Group., CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: josesolorzano89, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Tatters ✾, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tatters ✾, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: vincentvosriberalta, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: vincentvosriberalta, CC BY 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.