PLANTS Profile for Cojoba arborea (wild tamarind)

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PLANTS Profile

Cojoba arborea (L.) Britton & Rose
wild tamarind

Symbol:

COAR9

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

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Cojoba arborea (L.) Britton & Rose

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Synonyms:
Cojoba arborea (L.) Britton & Rose

PIAR3

Pithecellobium arboreum (L.) Urb.

Distribution:
Cojoba arborea (L.) Britton & Rose


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Related Taxa:
Cojoba arborea (L.) Britton & Rose

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 2 species in Cojoba

Classification:
Cojoba arborea (L.) Britton & Rose

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Cojoba Britton & Rose – cojoba
Species	Cojoba arborea (L.) Britton & Rose – wild tamarind

More Accounts and Images:
Cojoba arborea (L.) Britton & Rose

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 501607.

Time Generated: 09/22/2008 11:04 AM MDT