Fabaceae
Pacara earpod tree
Enterolobium contortisiliquum
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Enterolobium
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 青皮象耳豆, 象耳豆
- English
- Pacara earpod tree
- Guarani
- Timbo
- Spanish
- Feuillea contortisiliqua, Oreja de negro, Timbo, Timbo colorado, Timbo puita, Timbo-puita, Timbo-puitá, Timbu
Synonyms
- Acacia melalobiata Rojas Acosta
- Calliandra pacara Griseb.
- Enterolobium glaucescens Mart.
- Feuilleea contortisiliqua (Vell.) Kuntze
- Feuilleea pacara (Griseb.) Kuntze
- Mimosa contortisiliqua Vell.
- Pithecellobium malacotrichum Harms
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: © 2006 Carla Antonini, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: César Camara, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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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.