Lysiloma latisiliquum (Linnaeus) Bentham. Common name: Wild Tamarind, Bahama Lysiloma, Dormido, Salam, Salom, Tzalam. Phenology: Feb-Jun. Habitat: Pine rocklands, pineland hammocks, disturbed uplands. Distribution: S. peninsular FL; West Indies (Cuba, Bahamas, nw. Hispaniola); Mexico (Yucatan peninsula), Guatemala, Belize.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, Fl3, FNA11.1, K4, Mex, NS, POWO, WH3, Barneby & Grimes (1996); = Lysiloma bahamensis Benth. — S; = Lysiloma latisiliqua A. Gray ex Sauvalle — S13, SE3, Isely (1998), orthographic variant; Mimosa latisiliqua Linnaeus. Basionym: Mimosa latisiliqua L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Lysiloma latisiliquum - FNA11.1
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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