Fabaceae
Spiny holdback
Tara spinosa
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Tara
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- سيسالبينيا سبينوزا
- arz
- سيسالبينيا سبينوزا
- Chinese
- 刺云实
- English
- Spiny holdback
- German
- Tarastrauch
- Hebrew
- קסאלפיניה קוצנית
- Japanese
- タラ
- Quechua
- Tara
- Swedish
- Tarakärnmjöl
Synonyms
- Caesalpinia horrida (Kunth) Spreng.
- Caesalpinia mucronata Willd.
- Caesalpinia pectinata Cav.
- Caesalpinia spinosa (Molina) Kuntze
- Caesalpinia tara Ruiz & Pav.
- Caesalpinia tinctoria (Molina) Dombey ex DC.
- Caesalpinia tinctoria Benth. ex Taub.
- Caesalpinia tinctoria var. horrida Pittier
- Coulteria chilensis DC.
- Coulteria horrida Kunth
- Coulteria tinctoria (Molina) Kunth
- Poinciana mucronata (Willd.) Poir.
- Poinciana spinosa Molina
- Poinciana tara Ruiz & Pav. ex DC.
- Tara tinctoria Molina
- Tara tinctoria var. horrida (Kunth) Pittier
Flowers
- In flower
- June, September, November (from 17 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: capacoscar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Jesse Rorabaugh, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jiménez Treyshi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Maria Luisa Bravo Alarcon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: mauroguanandi, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Méndez Bejarano Cecilia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daniel Kennedy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: onsalo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Luke Cooper, 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). About our plant data.