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Anadenanthera peregrina var. falcata
Also called Cohoba
Anadenanthera peregrina var. falcata is a fast-growing timber tree from the Cerrado of Brazil and Paraguay, sometimes grown as an ornamental. It is a pioneer species that establishes quickly, and a 2024 study treats it as a separate species, A. falcata.
Anadenanthera peregrina var. falcata is a timber tree native to Paraguay and Cerrado vegetation in Brazil, specially in Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, and São Paulo. A pioneer species of relative high establishment and growth rates, this plant is also used as an ornamental.
A 2024 molecular marker study of few hundred specimens sampled across Brazil and lowland Bolivia supports a four-species hypothesis (A. colubrina (Vell.) Brenan, A. macrocarpa (Benth.) Brenan, A. peregrina (L.) Speg., and A. falcata (Benth.) Speg) for the Anadenanthera genus as opposed to a two-species, four-variety hypothesis.
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