Caesalpinia

Caesalpinia L.

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Engl.: nicker.

Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb.
Engl.: gray nicker, nickerbean, yellow nicker, bonduc nut, bonduc seed, Brazil wood, cadoc, cockspur, Fernambuco wood, fever nut, gray nickarnut, gray nickel, grey nicker seeds, Indian nut, nickar bean, nickernut, Pernambuco wood, physic nut, sea pearl, sea pod.
Pharm.: nicker-seed oil, semen bonducellae, semen guilandinae.
Bot. syn.: Caesalpinia bonducella (L.) Fleming, Caesalpinia crista L. p.p. A, Caesalpinia crista sensu auct., Caesalpinia crista Thunb., Caesalpinia cristata Prowazek, Guilandia crista (L.) Small, Guilandina bonduc L., Guilandina bonducella L.

Caesalpinia bonducella (L.) Fleming, Fabaceae: See Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb.

Caesalpinia brasiliensis L., Fabaceae: See Peltophorum linnaei Griseb.

Caesalpinia brasiliensis Sw., Fabaceae: See Caesalpinia violacea (Miller) Standley.

Caesalpinia brevifolia (Clos) Baill., Fabaceae: See Balsamocarpon brevifolium Clos.

Caesalpinia coriaria (Jacq.) Willd.
Engl.: divi-divi.
Span.: cascalote, dibidibi, guaracabuya.
Bot. syn.: Poinciana coriaria Jacq.

Caesalpinia coriaria Micheli, Fabaceae: See Caesalpinia paraguariensis (D. Parodi) Burkart.

Caesalpinia crista L.
Engl.: braziletto.
Bot. syn.: Caesalpinia paniculata (Lam.) Roxb., Caesalpinia paniculata Desf., Guilandina paniculata Lam., Guilandina semina Lour.

Caesalpinia crista Thunb., Fabaceae: See Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb.

Caesalpinia decapetala (Roth) Alston.
Engl.: Sappan, Wait-a-bit.
Fran.: bois sappan.
Bot. syn.: Biancaea scandens Tod., Caesalpinia japonica Sieb. & Zucc.

Caesalpinia echinata Lam.
Engl.: brazilwood, Fernambuco wood, ibirapitanga, Nicaragua wood, pau brazil, peach wood, Pernambuco wood.
Bot. syn.: Guilandia echinata (Lam.) Sprengel.

Caesalpinia ferrea C. Martius.
Engl.: leopard tree, Brazilian ironwood, pau ferro.
Deu.: Brasilianisches Eisenholz.

Caesalpinia gilliesii (Hook.) D. Dietr.
Engl.: Bird of Paradise Shrub.
Bot. syn.: Caesalpinia macrantha Del., Poinciana gilliesii Wallich ex Hook.

Caesalpinia japonica Sieb. & Zucc., Fabaceae: See Caesalpinia decapetala (Roth) Alston.

Caesalpinia melanocarpa Griseb., Fabaceae: See Caesalpinia paraguariensis (D. Parodi) Burkart.

Caesalpinia mexicana A. Gray.
Engl.: Mexican Bird of Paradise, Mexican Holdback, Mexican Caesalpinia.
Bot. syn.: Poinciana mexicana (A. Gray) Rose, Poincianella mexicana (A. Gray) Britton & Rose.

Caesalpinia paraguariensis (D. Parodi) Burkart.
Bot. syn.: Acacia paraguariensis D. Parodi, Caesalpinia coriaria Micheli, Caesalpinia melanocarpa Griseb.

Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.
Engl.: pride of Barbados, red bird of paradise, peacock flower, yellow bird of paradise.
Deu.: Pfauenblume, Pfauenstrauch, Zwerg-Poinciane.
Bot. syn.: Poinciana bijuga Lour., Poinciana elata Lour., Poinciana pulcherrima L.

Caesalpinia sappan L.
Engl.: sappan-wood, false sandalwood, Indian redwood, samfen wood, sampfen wood.
Bot. syn.: Biancaea sappan (L.) Tod.

Caesalpinia vesicaria L.
Engl.: brasiletto.
Bot. syn.: Caesalpinia bijuga (L.) Sw., Nicarago vesicaria (L.) Britton & Rose.

Caesalpinia violacea (MIller) Standley.
Engl.: brasiletto, Brazil wood, Fernambuco wood, Pernambuco wood.
Bot. syn.: Brasilettia violacea (Miller) Britton & Rose, Caesalpinia brasiliensis Sw., Caesalpinia cubensis Greenman, Peltophorum brasiliense (L.) Urban, Robinia violacea Miller.