Fabaceae
Pau ferro
Libidibia ferrea
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Libidibia
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Common names
By language (7)
- Afrikaans
- Luiperdboom
- Arabic
- بقم فيرا, سيسالبينيا فيرا
- Chinese
- 铁云实
- English
- Pau ferro, Brazilian ironwood, Leopardtree, Pao ferro
- Greek
- Λιμπιντίμπια η σιδερένια
- Portuguese
- Pau-ferro
- Swedish
- Pau ferro
Synonyms
- Apuleia ferrea (Mart. ex Tul.) Baill.
- Caesalpinia ferrea Mart. ex Tul.
- Libidibia ferrea var. ferrea
Flowers
- In flower
- February to March, December (from 11 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FruitPhoto: André Ambrozio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eurico Zimbres, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Tarcísio Reis da Silva, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eurico Zimbres, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Washington Luis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Eli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: mauroguanandi, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Superman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Eli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: mauroguanandi, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: tutora do hulk, 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). About our plant data.