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Anadenanthera macrocarpa; photograph Tubete, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SATubete, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Anadenanthera macrocarpa (Benth.) Brenan

Fabaceae · Bolivia, Ecuador +8

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Anadenanthera macrocarpa, photograph Carlo Brescia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsAnadenanthera macrocarpa, photograph Gustavo Sandres, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsAnadenanthera macrocarpa, photograph cristianol1456, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsAnadenanthera macrocarpa, photograph Tiago Lubiana, CC0, via Wikimedia CommonsAnadenanthera macrocarpa, photograph Tubete, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons 6 photographs ›

Summary

Anadenanthera colubrina var. cebil is a mimosa-like timber tree native to Caatinga and Cerrado vegetation in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Peru. It has also been introduced to Mauritius. It grows up to 25 m (82 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of 60–90 cm (24–35 in). The tree's mimosa-like leaves range in length from about 7–20 cm (2.8–7.9 in). More on Wikipedia ›

Quoted from Wikipedia, "Anadenanthera colubrina var. cebil", CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cultivation

Not checked: GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the habitat climate is read only from them, so no sheet is derived.

Climate across the habitat

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Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.
Records not checked: GBIF's records were not asked, as said under the name.
NativeBolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil South, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay · regions are the level-3 units of the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, as Kew's World Checklist records ranges, some under historical names such as Yugoslavia or Czechoslovakia (how).
Kew's description“shrub or tree” · “subtropical” · quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here
Evidence usedGBIF's records not checked, as said under the name: so there are no points on the map, no map marker and no climate across the range; the range is Kew's. Not a statement that no record exists.

Photographs

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Photographs: Carlo Brescia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Gustavo Sandres, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; cristianol1456, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Tiago Lubiana, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons; Tubete, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Similar habitat climate Not checked: GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the nearest habitat climates are read from the climate they give.

Other Anadenanthera 2 in the reference

Anadenanthera colubrina Anadenanthera colubrina Curupay Photo: CC BY, Marcio Santos FerreiraAnadenanthera peregrina Anadenanthera peregrina Cohoba tree Photo: CC BY-SA, Kurt Miller

Names & registers

Also known as Piptadenia macrocarpa var. genuina; Piptadenia macrocarpa var. cebil; Piptadenia macrocarpa f. rupestris; Piptadenia macrocarpa f. puberula; Mimosa grata and 13 more. (WCVP, RBG Kew)

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The record

Family
Fabaceae
Described by
(Benth.) Brenan
Native to
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru +7
Records
not checked · GBIF's records were not asked: the page has no GBIF key

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Where this page came from built 2026-10-22
Kew's names (WCVP) kew.names answeredas of 2026-06-04Kew's entry Anadenanthera macrocarpa (Benth.) Brenan (plant_name_id 2635962), read from Kew's names file
GBIF species record gbif.species not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF synonyms gbif.synonyms not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF common names gbif.vernacular not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF occurrence records gbif.occurrences not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
WCVP native range wcvp.distribution answeredas of 2026-06-04
Habitat climate climate not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked, and the habitat climate is read only from them
Wikidata wikidata answeredasked 2026-10-22found by Kew's IPNI identifier 12267-2, POWO 12267-2
Wikipedia wikipedia answeredasked 2026-10-22Wikipedia redirects Anadenanthera macrocarpa to Anadenanthera colubrina var. cebil, whose Wikidata item (Q9563216) is the taxon Acacia cebil, an older name of this species (Acacia cebil)
iNaturalist photographs, wild inat.photos.wild not asked
iNaturalist photographs, cultivated inat.photos.cultivated not asked
GBIF media gbif.media not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
Wikimedia Commons commons answeredasked 2026-10-22
OpenAlex papers openalex not askednot yet asked for this reference; a later fill takes the papers from OpenAlex's snapshot

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