Fabaceae

Argentine screwbean

Strombocarpa strombulifera (Lam.) A.Gray

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Strombocarpa

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Argentine screwbean: The colorful pods of the Argentine Screwbean, locally called Retortuño. In context at www.dixpix.ca/sth_cordillera/flora/mimosa/index.html — Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Argentine screwbean
Spanish: Retortuño

Synonyms

Acacia strombulifera (Lam.) Willd.
Mimosa circinalis Benth.
Mimosa strombulifera Lam.
Prosopis strombulifera (Lam.) Benth.
Prosopis strombulifera var. strombulifera
Spirolobium australe A.D.Orb.

Photos

Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.