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Andira inermis
3-644.54.13Names: Geoffoea vermifuga.
English: Cabbage bark; Cabbage tree; Yellow cabbage tree; Bastard cabbage tree; Jamaica cabbage tree; River almond; Partridge wood; Worm bark.
Spanish: Cabbage angelin; Carne asada; Guacamayo; Almendro macho; Almendro de río; Moca.
Content: alkaloids, berberine.
Region: southern Mexico, Central America, northern South America, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil; introduced to the Caribbean, Antilles, Florida, Africa.
Habitat: riparian zones, in forests, along rivers; drier areas, roadsides, pastures, woodlands.
Use: lumber.BotanyTree; 35 metres tall; evergreen; dense crown.
Stem: 70 cm diameter; unbuttressed.
Flowers: pink.
English: Cabbage bark; Cabbage tree; Yellow cabbage tree; Bastard cabbage tree; Jamaica cabbage tree; River almond; Partridge wood; Worm bark.
Spanish: Cabbage angelin; Carne asada; Guacamayo; Almendro macho; Almendro de río; Moca.
Content: alkaloids, berberine.
Region: southern Mexico, Central America, northern South America, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil; introduced to the Caribbean, Antilles, Florida, Africa.
Habitat: riparian zones, in forests, along rivers; drier areas, roadsides, pastures, woodlands.
Use: lumber.BotanyTree; 35 metres tall; evergreen; dense crown.
Stem: 70 cm diameter; unbuttressed.
Flowers: pink.