Taxon:
Guilandina bonduc L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:381. 1753
Verified:
11/09/2017
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Gagnon, E. et al. 2016. A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae). PhytoKeys 71:65 DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203. URL: http://www.pensoft.net/journals/phytokeys
- Hattink, T. A. 1974. A revision of Malesian Caesalpinia, including Mezoneuron (Leguminosae-Caesalpiniaceae). Reinwardtia 9:17. URL: http://www.biologi.lipi.go.id/bio_english/mTemplate.php?h=25
- Lewis, G. P. 2011. Review of Fabaceae Caesalpinoideae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 17 Jan.
- Nicolson, D. H. et al. 1988. An interpretation of Van Rheede's Hortus Malabaricus. Regnum Veg. 119:125.
- Ulibarri, E. A. 1996. Sinopsis de Caesalpinia y Hoffmannseggia (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae) de sudamérica. Darwiniana 34:308.
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). URL: http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
English
bonduc – divi-divi – gray nicker – grey nicker – grey nicker-bean – nickernut – wait-a-while –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Gabon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Comoros | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Papua New Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Quintana Roo | |
1 | Native | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Puerto Rico | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Galápagos | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Guayas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Manabí | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Madre de Dios | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Tanzania
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Gabon
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ghana, Nigeria
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Comoros, Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Hainan Sheng]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Sri Lanka
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PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
Northern America
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Quintana Roo]
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Cuba, Jamaica, United States [Puerto Rico]
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica, Nicaragua
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia, Ecuador [Galápagos, Guayas, Manabí], Peru [Madre de Dios]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Materials | beads | as Caesalpinia bonduc | Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). URL: http://www.botanicalbeads.com/BBB_page_73.html |
Medicines | folklore | as Caesalpinia bonduc | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
Medicines | folklore | as Caesalpinia bonduc | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | as Caesalpinia bonduc | Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants |