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Sabicu / Horseflesh Mahogany

Lysiloma sabicu Benth.

ly-sih-LOH-muh    sa-BEE-coo

Fabaceae (Legumes)

Key to Lysiloma Benth

Explanation of name: From the Greek word lysis which means opening and loma which means margin, referring to the fruit. Sabicu refers to a hardwood tree from Cuba (STE, AUS, PBCC).

Natural range: West Indies and Cuba (BA2, AUS)

Recognition: Small to medium tree.  Leaves bipinnate with 1 to 4 pairs of pinnae and 3 to 7 pairs of ovate leaflets.  Flowers clustered in small, white fuzzy globes. Fruit red brown, flat, oblong legume, 4"- 6" long (BA2, HOR, WU1)

Landscape uses: specimen tree, shade tree, street tree (HOR, CHR)