Robrichia schomburgkii

Robrichia schomburgkii
	Enterolobium schomburgkii, unripe pods and foliage of a wild tree in Puerto López, Meta), Colombia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Clade:	Mimosoid clade
Genus:	Robrichia
Species:	R. schomburgkii
Binomial name
	Robrichia schomburgkii; (Benth.) A.R.M.Luz & E.R.Souza (2022)
Synonyms
	Enterolobium schomburgkii (Benth.) Benth. (1875); Feuilleea schomburgkii (Benth.) Kuntze (1891); Mimosa wilsonii Standl. (1933); Pithecellobium schomburgkii Benth. (1844);

Robrichia schomburgkii is a species of flowering tree in the family Fabaceae.

Names

Robrichia schomburgkii is also known as "dormidero", because of its minute leaflets reminiscent of Mimosa pudica. Mimosa pudica also called by a similar name ("dormidera").

Distribution

Robrichia schomburgkii ranges from Central America to the Amazon basin and even further south.^[2]

Description

Robrichia schomburgkii differs from the similar, sympatric, Enterolobium cyclocarpum by smaller and smoother pods, and by its noticeably smaller, and more numerous leaflets. Unlike other species in the genus, seeds are smaller (<1 cm), its wood is reported to be denser than, for instance, Enterolobium cyclocarpum's.^[3] and it is reported to bear fruit only every two to three years^[4]

References

^ Robrichia schomburgkii (Benth.) A.R.M.Luz & E.R.Souza. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
^ Barneby, Rupert C.; Grimes, James W. (1996). "Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system of the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies". Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. 74 (1): 1–300 – via https://www.nybgpress.org/Products/Default.aspx?bookid=3958. {{cite journal}}: External link in |via= (help)
^ Lorenzi, Harri (2002). Trees of Brazil, vol. 2. Plantarum. ISBN 85-86714-15-1.
^ Izawa, Kousei (1979). "Foods and feeding behavior of wild black-capped capuchin (Cebus apella)". Primates. 20 (1): 57–76. doi:10.1007/BF02373828. S2CID 30424050 – via https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02373828. {{cite journal}}: External link in |via= (help)

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[powo-1] Robrichia schomburgkii (Benth.) A.R.M.Luz & E.R.Souza. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 August 2023.

[2] Barneby, Rupert C.; Grimes, James W. (1996). "Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system of the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies". Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. 74 (1): 1–300 – via https://www.nybgpress.org/Products/Default.aspx?bookid=3958. {{cite journal}}: External link in |via= (help)

[3] Lorenzi, Harri (2002). Trees of Brazil, vol. 2. Plantarum. ISBN 85-86714-15-1.

[4] Izawa, Kousei (1979). "Foods and feeding behavior of wild black-capped capuchin (Cebus apella)". Primates. 20 (1): 57–76. doi:10.1007/BF02373828. S2CID 30424050 – via https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02373828. {{cite journal}}: External link in |via= (help)

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Robrichia schomburgkii

Enterolobium schomburgkii, unripe pods and foliage of a wild tree in Puerto López, Meta), Colombia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Clade:	Mimosoid clade
Genus:	Robrichia
Species:	R. schomburgkii
Binomial name
*Robrichia schomburgkii* (Benth.) A.R.M.Luz & E.R.Souza (2022)
Synonyms^[1]
Enterolobium schomburgkii (Benth.) Benth. (1875) Feuilleea schomburgkii (Benth.) Kuntze (1891) Mimosa wilsonii Standl. (1933) Pithecellobium schomburgkii Benth. (1844)