Enterolobium barinense
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| Enterolobium barinense | |
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| Enterolobium barinense, nearly ripe pod of a wild tree in Villavicencio, Colombia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Enterolobium |
| Species: | E. barinense |
| Binomial name | |
| Enterolobium barinense L.Cárdenas & H.Rodr.-Carr. | |
Enterolobium barinense, commonly known as caro blanco or oreja de negro, is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae. It was previously thought to be endemic to Venezuela,[1] but it has been located in neighboring Colombia as well.[2] It differs from the very similar and sympatric E. cyclocarpum by its black (instead of reddish-brown) and smoother pods, and by its larger, fewer and more rounded leaflets.
