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Guilandina bonduc leaves. It is a liana that reaches a length of 6 m (20 ft) or more and scrambles over other vegetation. The stems are covered in curved spines. [6] Guilandina bonduc grows as a climber, up to 8 m (30 ft) long or as a large sprawling shrub or small shrubby tree. The stems are irregularly covered with curved prickles.
Guilandina bonduc L. 1753 – grey nicker, knicker nut (pantropical) Guilandina caymanensis (Millsp.) Britton & Rose (Cayman Islands) Guilandina ciliata Bergius ex Wikstrom – broadpad nicker (Caribbean) Guilandina culebrae Britton & Wilson ex Britton & Rose – smooth yellow nicker (Puerto Rico) Guilandina delphinensis (Du Puy & R.Rabev.)
The Fabales are an order of flowering plants included in the rosid group of the eudicots in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II classification system. In the APG II circumscription, this order includes the families Fabaceae or legumes (including the subfamilies Caesalpinioideae, Mimosoideae, and Faboideae), Quillajaceae, Polygalaceae or milkworts (including the families Diclidantheraceae ...
The 1797 Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica said that they were used only for "the making of snuff-boxes out of them"; [9] however, there is a long tradition of using them as amulets for good luck, [2] banishment of ill luck [10] or to ease childbirth. [11]
Caesalpinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 10 species which range from southeastern Mexico through Central America to Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, and to Cuba, Hispaniola, and the Bahamas.
Ticanto Adans. 1763 [10] ... Caesalpinia, as traditionally circumscribed, was paraphyletic, so it was recently recircumscribed to produce many new genera: [9]
Its name is formed from the generic name Caesalpinia. It is known also as the peacock flower subfamily. [ 5 ] The Caesalpinioideae are mainly trees distributed in the moist tropics , but include such temperate species as the honeylocust ( Gleditsia triacanthos ) and Kentucky coffeetree ( Gymnocladus dioicus ).
Caesalpinia pulcherrima is the national flower of the Caribbean island of Barbados, and is depicted on the upper left and right corners of the Queen Elizabeth II's personal Barbadian flag. Claire Waight Keller included pride of Barbados to represent the country in Meghan Markle 's wedding veil, which included the distinctive flora of each ...