Caesalpinia bonduc (L.)Roxb.

Caesalpinia bonduc (L.)Roxb.

Status: Accepted
Genus: Caesalpinia L.
Tribe: Caesalpinieae
References: [1941][2825][2264][1056][453][106]

Other names:

Caesalpinia bonducella (L.)Fleming [Synonym] [3055][453][1056][1361][1408][1414][1430][1442][1501][1542][2825][2830]
Caesalpinia crista Thunb. [Synonym] [1501]
Caesalpinia crista L.,p.p.A [Synonym] [1712][1442]
Caesalpinia crista sensu auct. [Misapplied] [16][106][54]
Caesalpinia cristata Prowazek [Synonym]
Caesalpinia grisebachiana Kuntze [Synonym]
Caesalpinia sepiaria sensu auct. [Misapplied] [3055]
Guilandina bonduc Griseb. [Synonym] [1501]
Guilandina bonducella L. [Synonym] [1430][1442][1501][1542][2825][2830]
Guilandina crista (L.)Small [Synonym] [1298][1361]

Common Names:

Descriptors:

Habit:
- Shrub
- Tree
Lifespan:
- Perennial
Stems:
- Climbing
- Not climbing
Source(s):
- 1988(Africa)Lock JM
- 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
- 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
- 1991(W Asia)Lock JM & Simpson K
- 1993 Polhill RM
- 1993 Zarucchi JL
- 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
- 1996(Japan)Ohashi H
- 1999 Bisby FA
- 1999-05 Heald J
Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
- 1994/1995 Lewis GP
Conservation Status:
- Not Threatened

Uses:

Domestic [2872]
Environmental [1862] [1877] [3057]
Medicine [14] [1915] [2021] [2872] [3053]

Geographical Distribution:

Africa
- Angola-ISO [110]
- Benin [11]
- Cameroon [11]
- Egypt [8]
- Ethiopia [24]
- Ghana [11]
- Guinea Bissau [11]
- Ivory Coast [11]
- Kenya [106]
- Liberia [11]
- Mozambique [8]
- Nigeria [11]
- Senegal [11]
- Sierra Leone [11]
- Somalia [125]
- South Africa [107]
- Tanzania [106]
- Togo [11]
- Zaire [113]

Asia [261] [1862] [1867] [1914] [1931] [1935] [2021] [2023] [2085] [2825] [2827] [2832] [2833] [2835]
- Cambodia [1935]
- China [1935]
- Hong Kong [1935]
- India-ISO [1914]
- Indonesia-ISO [1935]
- Iran [1862] [1867]
- Iraq [1862]
- Irian Jaya [261]
- Laos [1935]
- Malaysia-ISO [1935]
- Myanmar [1935]
- Nepal [1935]
- Pakistan [2021]
- Ryukyu Is [2825]
- Sri Lanka [2023]
- Taiwan [1931] [2827]
- Thailand [1935]
- Vietnam [1935]

Australasia [261] [1880]
- Australia [1880]
  - New South Wales [1880]
  - Northern Territory [1880]
  - Queensland [1880]
- Papua New Guinea [261]

Caribbean [453] [1056] [1298] [1409] [1430] [1470] [1614] [1645] [2153] [2157]
- Bahamas [2153]
- Cayman Is [453] [1056]
- Dominican Republic [2157]
- Haiti [2157]
- Jamaica [1056]

Central America [1117] [1242] [1367] [1470] [1614] [1637] [1645] [3060]
- Belize [1242] [1645]
- Cocos I [3060]
- Costa Rica [1367]
- Guatemala [1614] [1645]
- Mexico(North & Central) [1470]
- Mexico(South East) [1470]

Indian Ocean [1914] [1915] [1941] [3054] [3055] [3057] [3062] [3067] [3072] [3075] [3076]
- Aldabra [1941] [3055] [3075]
- Chagos Archipelago [3072]
- Laccadive Is [3076]
- Maldives [3062]
- Mauritius [1914] [3067]
- Mayotte [3054]
- Reunion [1914] [1915]
- Rodrigues [3057]
- Seychelles [1941]

Middle East [1877]
- Oman [1877]

North America [1409] [1430] [1614] [1645]
- United States [1409] [1430] [1614] [1645]

Pacific Ocean [261] [1642] [1643] [1940] [2235] [2264] [2265] [2266] [2833] [2835] [2912] [2968]
- Bismarck Archipelago [261]
- Bougainville [261]
- Fiji [1940] [2264]
- Gilbert Is [2235]
- Hawaii [1642] [1643]
- Kazan Retto [2833]
- Marshall Is [2235]
- Niue [2266]
- Northern Marianas [2235]
- Ogasawara-Shoto [2835]
- Pitcairn Is [2912]
- Samoa-JML [2265]
- Society Is [2968]

South America [1408] [1414] [1442] [1444] [1712] [2285]
- Brazil [1414]
- Chile [1444]
- French Guiana [1408]
- Galapagos [1712]
- Guyana [2285]
- Peru [1442]
- Surinam [2285]

Notes:

Originally coastal but widely naturalised inland. (FWTA).
Seeds widely used as counters, etc. (JML).
Thousand of seeds washed up on Florida beaches after Hurricane Floyd (1999). [3130]
Drift seed regularly reported from beaches in Florida, USA. [3130]

Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:49:54