Fabaceae
Libidibia

Libidibia coriaria (Jacq.) Schltdl.

First published in Linnaea 5: 193 (1830)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Venezuela, Caribbean. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food, a medicine and invertebrate food, has environmental uses and social uses and for fuel and food.

Distribution

Native to:

Aruba, Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Jawa, Marianas, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Guinea, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera & C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2010). Manual de plantas de Costa Rica volumen V. Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae-Gunneraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 1-970. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (1946). Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany New Series 24(5): 1-502. Field Museum of Natural History.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela. [Cited as Caesalpinia coriaria.]

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29-1: 1-438.
  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera & C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2010). Manual de plantas de Costa Rica volumen V. Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae-Gunneraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 1-970. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Polhill, R.M. (1990). Flore des Mascareignes 80: 1-235. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • S.Calderon & P.C.Standley (1944). Lista Preliminar de las plantas de El Salvador, ed. 2: 1-450. Ediciones culturales de la universidad de El Salvador.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Cámara-Leret, R., & Dennehy, Z. (2019). Information gaps in indigenous and local knowledge for science-policy assessments. Nature Sustainability 2:736-741.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2015). Identificación de las plantas útiles como Productos Forestales No Maderables del Bosque seco-Tropical en tres ventanas del Caribe colombiano. 1386 registros, aportados por: Garcia, H. (Contacto del Recurso), López Camacho, R. (Creador del recurso), Sarmiento Bernal, C. (Proveedor del metadatos). Espitia Palenci, L. (Autor), Gallego, B. (Punto de contacto), Aguilar Cano, J. (Curador), Mendoza, H. (Curador). Versión 2.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=rrbb_bst-caribe_plantae_2015
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 2009 Hughes, C.E.; Bailey, C.D.; Forrest, R.; Ochoterena, H. [2163] Mexico K000661876 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Hughes, C.E.; Styles, B.T. [18] Nicaragua K000661872 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Folli, D.A. [3603] Brazil K000841528 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Sousa S., M.; Schubert, B.G.; Rudd, V.E. [5008] Mexico K000680051 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Espinoza, R. [976] Costa Rica K000661864 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Cano, C. [130] Costa Rica K000661866 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Lott, E.J.; Sanders, A.C. [3932] Mexico K000680053 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Hughes, C.E. [1210] Honduras K000661875 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Mexia, Y. [8928] Mexico K000680060 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Diego, N.; Oviedo, R. [6651] Mexico K000680056 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Hughes, C.E. [745] Honduras K000661873 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Knapp, S.; Clary, K.; Piperno, D. [3391] Panama K000680081 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Lewis, G.P.; Hughes, C.E.; Pfeiffer-Berendsohn, B.; Reyna de Aguilar, M.L. [1745] El Salvador K000661869 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Lott, E.J.; Rothschild, B.M.; Upson, T. [3819] Mexico K000661877 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Téllez V., O.; Grether, R.; Chehaiber, T. [7423] Mexico K000680049 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 MACQUEEN, D.J. [183] Mexico K000680055 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Hughes, C.E. [161] Panama K000680082 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 McCarter, P.S.; Hughes, C.E. [23] Nicaragua K000661871 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Lewis, G.P.; Hughes, C.E.; Pfeiffer-Berendsohn, B.; Reyna de Aguilar, M.L. [1745] El Salvador K000661868 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Lima, H.C.; Ribeiro, R.D. [6440] Brazil K000841530 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Hammel, B.; Grayum, M. [19607] Costa Rica K000661865 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Folli, D.A. [3603] Brazil K000841531 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Lima, H.C.; Ribeiro, R.D. [6440] Brazil K000841529 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Martínez S., E.M.; Delgado, G.; Rios, M.Y. [24326] Mexico K000680057 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Hughes, C.E. [1119] Guatemala K000661867 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Langlassé, E. [3] Mexico K000661878 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Hughes, C.E. [1495] Mexico K000680050 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Hughes, C.E. [623] Mexico K000661880 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Rothschild, B.; Ayala, M.G. [98] Mexico K000680054 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Magallanes, J.A.S. [831] Mexico K000680052 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Torres C., R.; Martínez, S.E.; Villaseñor, J.L. [1581] Mexico K000680059 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Hummel, C. [175] Honduras K000661874 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Andrieux, G. [408] Mexico K000661879 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Rivera H., J.; Salas M. S.; Elorsa C., M. [2106] Mexico K000680058 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Lewis, G.P.; Hughes, C.E. [1777] Mexico K000680048 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 MACQUEEN, D.J.; Hughes, C.E. [8] Nicaragua K000661870 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [6121] Mexico Caesalpinia coriaria K000119563 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [5851] Mexico Caesalpinia coriaria K000119562 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [2221] Mexico Caesalpinia coriaria K000119561 Yes
Lewis, G.P.; et al. [1745] El Salvador Caesalpinia coriaria K:SPC-58439.000 No
Hinton, G.B. [1839] Mexico Caesalpinia coriaria K000119564 Yes

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