Fabaceae
Machaerium

Machaerium lunatum (L.f.) Ducke

First published in Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 4: 310 (1925)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico (Tabasco) to Tropical America, W. Tropical Africa to Angola. It is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a poison and a medicine and for food.

Descriptions

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
uña de gato
[UNAL]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 100 m.; Orinoquia, Pacífico.
Morphology General Habit
Arbusto, trepadora
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Orinoquia, Pacific. Elevation range: 0–100 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Casanare, Chocó.
Habit
Shrub, Climbing.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, native grassland, wetlands (inland).
[UPFC]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Guineo-Congolian mangrove (and strand forest).
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Climbing/Not climbing, Shrub/Tree
Vernacular
Amourette, Aripillo, Atoelia, Aturia, Bodorie, Brandie Maka, Brandimakka, Bundary Bush, Chinese Earring, Cortica, Croc Chien, Mangle Piquant, Olvidanovia, Siete Conchas, Turia
[ILDIS]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Papilionaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958

Morphology General Habit
A glabrous shrub, erect or sometimes straggling, thorny
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
With purple flowers
Ecology
In salt marshes and tidal portions of rivers.
[FWTA]

Uses

Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Poisons
Poisons.
[UPFC]

Use
Food and Drink, Medicine
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0