''Tachigali'' is a
flowering plant
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genus
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in the
legume
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family
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(
) that contains 54 species.
Species
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include:
* ''
Tachigali multijuga''
Benth. (= ''T. paratyensis''
(Vell.) H.C. Lima)
* ''
Tachigali myrmecophila''
* ''
Tachigali paniculata
''Tachigali'' is a flowering plant genus in the legume family (Fabaceae) that contains 54 species.
Species include:
* '' Tachigali multijuga'' Benth. (= ''T. paratyensis'' (Vell.) H.C. Lima)
* '' Tachigali myrmecophila''
* '' Tachigali paniculat ...
''
Aubl. – Carvoeiro
* ''
Tachigali paraensis''
(Huber) Barneby
* ''
Tachigali tessmannii''
* ''
Tachigali versicolor
''Tachigali versicolor'' or the suicide tree is a species of tree found from Costa Rica to western Colombia. It is monocarpic, flowering only once before dying, which gives rise to its common name of the "suicide tree".
Reproduction
''Tachigali ...
''
Standl. & L.O.Williams – "
suicide tree"
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Fabaceae genera
Caesalpinioideae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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