Fabaceae

Tara cacalaco (Bonpl.) Molinari & Sánchez Och.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Tara

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Tara cacalaco: Native to southern Mexico, where it is also known as Tihuixtle. Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/caespalp/index — Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Synonyms

Caesalpinia cacalaco Bonpl.
Caesalpinia mexicana F.Dietr.
Poinciana horrida Sessé & Moc.
Russellodendron cacalaco (Bonpl.) Britton & Rose

Flowers

In flower: November to January (from 13 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sinaloa Silvestre, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Prahlad balaji, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ángela Patricia Rojas Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Prahlad balaji, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tereso Hernández Morales, 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: Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sinaloa Silvestre, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alberto Alcalá, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sinaloa Silvestre, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.