Fabaceae
Broadleaf lancepod
Lonchocarpus heptaphyllus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lonchocarpus
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Broadleaf lancepod
- Haitian Creole
- Bat kayiman
Synonyms
- Amerimnon latifolium Willd.
- Cytisus membranaceus Sessé & Moc.
- Dalbergia heptaphylla Poir.
- Dalbergia pentaphylla Poir.
- Derris latifolia (DC.) Ducke
- Lonchocarpus discolor Huber
- Lonchocarpus latifolius Sagra
- Lonchocarpus latifolius DC.
- Lonchocarpus latifolius var. violascens Benth. ex Hemsl.
- Lonchocarpus oxycarpus DC.
- Lonchocarpus pentaphyllus (Poir.) Kunth
- Lonchocarpus scandens (Willd.) Donn
- Lonchocarpus swartzii DC.
- Pterocarpus latifolius (Willd.) Poir.
- Robinia scandens Willd.
- Robinia sepium Sw.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: thiago.guimaraes.torres, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Lorenzi Harri, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Lorenzi Harri, 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.