''Anadenanthera peregrina'' var. ''falcata''

Anadenanthera peregrina var. falcata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Anadenanthera
Species:	A. peregrina
Variety:	**A. p. var. falcata**
Trinomial name
**Anadenanthera peregrina var. falcata** (Benth.) Altschul

Range of Anadenanthera peregrina var. falcata
Synonyms
Anadenanthera falcata (Benth.) Speg. Piptadenia falcata Benth. Piptadenia peregrina (L.) Benth. var. falcata (Benth.) Chodat & Hassl.^[1]

Anadenanthera peregrina var. falcata is a timber tree native to Paraguay and Cerrado vegetation in Brazil, specially in Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, and São Paulo. This plant is also used as an ornamental.

References

(in Portuguese) Sangalli, A.; Vieira, M.C.; Heredia, N.A.Z. Levantamento e caracterização de plantas nativas com propriedades medicinais em fragmentos florestais e de Cerrado de Dourados - MS, numa visão etnobotânica. ISHS Acta Horticulturae 569: I Latin-American Symposium on the Production of Medicinal, Aromatic and Condiments Plants

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