''Abarema glauca'', the glaucous abarema, is a
tree species in the legume
family (
). It is found in the
Bahamas,
Cuba, and
Hispaniola
Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...
(the
Dominican Republic and
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
). ''Abarema glauca'' is found most easily on the east coast of Dominican Republic, in
Uvero Alto Uvero Alto is a beach and resort area located at the north end of the tourist town Punta Cana in the province of La Altagracia in the Dominican Republic. A number of all-inclusive resort hotels are built along these beaches on the east coast of Hisp ...
,
north of
Punta Cana.
Names
Common rural names are: caracolí, nijaguao, paují (Pittier), jijaguao, and merey montañero (Hoyos).
Footnotes
References
* (2005)
''Abarema glauca'' Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-MAR-30.
*
glauca
Flora of Cuba
Flora of Haiti
Trees of the Dominican Republic
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Flora of the Bahamas
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