Havardia albicans

Havardia albicans is a perennial tree of the family Fabaceae that grows to 5 meters tall. It is native to Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America, in regions around the Yucatan Peninsula. Common names for it include chucum and cuisache.[1] It is reputed to be psychoactive.[2]

Havardia albicans
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Genus:
Havardia
Species:
H. albicans
Binomial name
Havardia albicans
(Kunth) Britton & Rose
Range of Havardia albicans
Synonyms

See text

Junior synonyms are:[1]

  • Acacia albicans Kunth
  • Albizia lundellii Standl.
  • Albizia rubiginosa Standl.
  • Feuilleea albicans (Kunth) Kuntze
  • Pithecellobium albicans (Kunth) Benth.
  • Pithecolobium albicans (Kunth) Benth. (lapsus)

Footnotes
  1. ILDIS (2005)
  2. Rätsch (2004)
gollark: Surely you can just go *over* your scroll goals and not brutally kill things?
gollark: It's the only reason I'm even slightly coherent on mobile (STUPID TINY TOUCH KEYBOARDS) so it's not *that* awful, I guess.
gollark: Autocorrect is always that way.
gollark: I think DC really needs a better way to handle egg hatching than looking at them lots.
gollark: Except in London.

References
  • International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS) (2005): Havardia albicans. Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-MAR-30.
  • Rätsch, Christian (2004): Enzyklopädie der psychoaktiven Pflanzen, Botanik, Ethnopharmakologie und Anwendungen (7th ed.). AT Verlag. ISBN 3-85502-570-3


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