Fabaceae
Stinkingtoe
Hymenaea courbaril
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Hymenaea
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (17)
- Armenian
- Ժատոբա
- bpy
- জাটোবা
- Chinese
- 孪叶豆, 孿葉豆, 攣葉豆, 南美叉叶树, 南美攣葉豆
- Dutch
- Jatoba
- English
- Stinkingtoe
- Finnish
- Amerikanjatobapuu
- French
- Courbaril, Jatoba
- Guarani
- Jeta'i
- mzn
- ژاتوبا
- Polish
- Jatoba
- Portuguese
- Jatobá
- Quechua
- Hak'u wayaqa, Copal, Jak'u wayaqa, Jakku wayaka, Yaku wayaqa
- Romanian
- Jatobá, Jatoba
- Russian
- Ятоба
- Slovenian
- Jatoba
- Spanish
- Guapinol
- Vietnamese
- Tòng chi
Synonyms
- Hymenaea animifera Stokes
- Hymenaea candolleana Kunth
- Hymenaea confertifolia Hayne
- Hymenaea courbarii var. stilbocarpa (Hayne) Y.T.Lee & Langenh.
- Hymenaea courbaril var. obtusifolia Ducke
- Hymenaea courbaril var. subsessilis Ducke
- Hymenaea courbaril var. villosa Y.T.Lee & Andrade-Lima
- Hymenaea multiflora Kleinhoonte
- Hymenaea resinifera Salisb.
- Hymenaea retusa Willd. ex Hayne
- Hymenaea splendida Vogel
- Hymenaea stilbocarpa Hayne
- Inga megacarpa M.E.Jones
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: mauroguanandi, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vojtěch Zavadil, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DiogoKanouté, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DiogoKanouté, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DiogoKanouté, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DiogoKanouté, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DiogoKanouté, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DiogoKanouté, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DiogoKanouté, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DiogoKanouté, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DiogoKanouté, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DiogoKanouté, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Hymenaea
- East African copalHymenaea verrucosaFabaceae
- Hymenaea martianaFabaceae
- Hymenaea stigonocarpaFabaceae
- Hymenaea oblongifoliaFabaceae
- Hymenaea torreiFabaceae
- Hymenaea parvifoliaFabaceae
- Hymenaea aureaFabaceae
- Hymenaea eriogyneFabaceae
- Hymenaea intermediaFabaceae
- Hymenaea reticulataFabaceae
- Hymenaea rubrifloraFabaceae
- Hymenaea maranhensisFabaceae
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.