Fabaceae
Monkeypod
Pithecellobium dulce
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Pithecellobium
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Common names
By language (30)
- Arabic
- غاف البحر, لوز هندي
- Bangla
- খইয়া বাবলা
- bik
- Kamatsile
- Burmese
- ကျွဲဓညင်းပင်
- Catalan
- Arbre de Guamúchil, Guamúchil, Tamarinde de Manila
- Chinese
- 牛蹄豆, 金龟树, 甜肉围涎树, 甜肉围诞树, 蛟龙木, 金龜樹
- English
- Monkeypod
- Filipino
- Kamatsile, Camachile, Camachili, Guamachili, Kamachile, Kamachili, Kamatsili, Manila tamarind
- French
- Campèche, Tamarin d'Inde, Tamarin de l'Inde, Tamarinier d'Inde, Tamarinier de l'Inde
- Hindi
- पिथोस्बॉबियम डूलस, जंगल जलेबी
- Iloko
- Kamantiris, Damortis
- Indonesian
- Asam londo
- Kannada
- ಸೀಮೆ ಹುಣಸೆ
- Khmer
- អំពិលទឹក
- lah
- جنگل جلیبی
- Lithuanian
- Saldžioji beždžionpupė
- Malagasy
- Kilimbazaha
- Malayalam
- മാനിലപ്പുളി
- Marathi
- विलायती चिंच
- nah
- Cuammochitl, Cuamochitl
- Nepali
- जलेबी
- Odia
- ଶିମକଇଁଆ, ସିମା କୟାଁ
- pam
- Kamatsilis
- Persian
- تمبر هندی مانیلا, پیتسلوبیوم دالس
- Portuguese
- Jumentinha, Mata-fome
- Russian
- Манильский тамаринд
- Tamil
- கொடுக்காய்ப்புளி, கொடுக்காய்ப்புளி மரம்
- Telugu
- సీమ చింత
- Thai
- มะขามเทศ
- Vietnamese
- Me nước
Synonyms
- Acacia obliquifolia M.Martens & Galeotti
- Albizia dulcis (Roxb.) F.Muell.
- Feuilleea bertolonii (Benth.) Kuntze
- Feuilleea dulcis (Roxb.) Kuntze
- Inga camatchili Perr.
- Inga dulcis (Roxb.) Willd.
- Inga javana DC.
- Inga javanica DC.
- Inga lanceolata Blanco
- Inga leucantha C.Presl
- Inga nitens M.Martens & Galeotti
- Inga pungens Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
- Mimosa dulcis Roxb.
- Mimosa monilifera Bertol.
- Mimosa pungens Poir.
- Mimosa unguis-cati Blanco
- Pithecellobium bertolonii Benth.
- Pithecellobium littorale Record
- Pithecellobium littorale Britton & Rose ex Record
- Pithecollobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth.
- Zygia dulcis (Roxb.) A.Lyons
Flowers
- In flower
- July, November to May (from 164 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Gabriel Cardoso Fialho, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ricardo Betancourt Sánchez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: José Javier Barrios Flores, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Alberto Alcalá, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jacky Judas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Carlos Martínez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Susan Blayney, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cheryl McCleary-Catalano, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.