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Pithecellobium dulce
''Pithecellobium dulce'' is a species of flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to the Pacific Coast and adjacent highlands of Mexico, Central America, and northern South America.〔 It is an Introduced species and extensively naturalised in the Caribbean, Florida, Guam, India, Bangladesh and the Philippines. It is considered an invasive species in Hawaii.
== Description ==
''Pithecellobium dulce'' is a tree that reaches a height of about . Its trunk is spiny and its leaves are bipinnate. Each pinna has a single pair of ovate-oblong leaflets that are about long. The flowers are greenish-white, fragrant, sessile and reach about in length, though appear shorter due to coiling. The flowers produce a pod, which turns pink when ripe and opens to expose an edible pulp. The pulp contains black shiny seeds that are circular and flat.
The seed is dispersed via birds that feed on the sweet pulp. The tree is drought resistant and can survive in dry lands from sea level to an elevation of , making it suitable for cultivation as a street tree.
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