Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Vellozo 1831: 25) Morong (1893: 102)

Rauber, Cristiane Ritter, Lima, Laura Cristina Pires, Caxambu, Marcelo Galeazzi & Temponi, Lívia Godinho, 2021, Synopsis of Leguminosae from Iguaçu National Park, Paraná, Brazil, Phytotaxa 501 (2), pp. 245-280 : 257

24. Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Vellozo 1831: 25) Morong (1893: 102) . ( Fig. 5D )

Distribution: It occurs in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay (Carvalho 2003); in Brazil it occurs in the states of the South, Southeast, Northeast and Central-west regions ( Flora do Brasil 2020). In ParNa Iguaçu it occurs in all areas.

Reproductive period: According to Snak et al. (2012), flowering and fruiting are concentrated in the last months of the year. In ParNa Iguaçu it was found in flower in October and in fruit in February, April, June and August.

Diagnostic characteristics: This arboreal species is easily recognized by its bipinnate leaves, stamens connate into a tube and baccate, auriculiform legumes.

Conservation: Native-NE.

Selected examined material: BRAZIL. Paraná: Area 1, Céu Azul , 1 October 2015, (bt.), M.G. Caxambu 6893 ( EVB, HCF) ; Area 2, Capanema , 3 April 2019, (fr.), C.R. Rauber et al. 396 ( UNOP) ; Area 3, Foz do Iguaçu , 18 March 2017, (fr.), L.C.P. Lima 930 ( EVB) .

Figures

FIGURE 5. A: Dalbergia frutescens, branch with fruit; B: Desmodium adscendens, branch with fruit; C: Desmodium uncinatum, branch with fruit; D: Enterolobium contortisiliquum, branch with fruit; E and F: Erythrina falcata: E: branch; F: glandular stipules; G: Holocalyx balansae, fruit; H: Indigofera suffruticosa, branch with fruit; I: Inga marginata, branch with inflorescence; J: Machaerium nyctitans, stem with prickles.