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Pithecellobium dulce, commonly known as Manila tamarind, Madras thorn, monkeypod tree or camachile, [4] [5] is a species of flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to the Pacific Coast and adjacent highlands of Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. [3]
It is well represented in many languages and has numerous local names in its native range; [8] common English names include saman, rain tree and monkeypod [6] (see also § Names below). In Cambodia it is colloquially known as the Chankiri Tree (can be written ចន្ទគិរី or ចន្ទ៍គីរី ).
Senna petersiana, the monkey pod or eared senna, is an African deciduous shrub or small tree. [1] [2] The leaves are compound with about 12 opposite lanceolate leaflets, dark green above and lighter below. Its copious bright yellow flowers are carried on erect multi-branched inflorescences. [2] The species was formerly placed in the genus Cassia.
A Madagascar hissing cockroach crawls on a stick at Idlewild Butterfly Farm in Louisville, Kentucky on July 21, 2023.
Monkey pod is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Samanea saman, used in woodworking; Lecythis ollaria, found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela;
Polydesma umbricola, the monkeypod moth [2] or large tabby, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae.The species is found in southern Europe, Africa, Asia Minor to southern Asia, of India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, the Andaman Islands, including many Indian Ocean islands, like Coëtivy Island, Aldabra, Assumption Island, Madagascar and on Hawaii.
Mark Twain visited Waiʻōhinu in 1866 and, legend has it, planted a monkey pod tree (Albizia saman) here. The tree blew down in 1957, but a shoot from it was replanted, and remains growing there today. Kauahaʻao Church was built in 1888 by Calvinist missionaries in Waiʻōhinu.
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