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Pithecellobium dulce
Also called Manila Tamarind, Sweet Inga, Madrasthorn, Blackbead, Camachile, Guayamochil, Yovo Michin
In Singapore: Madras Thorn, Manila Tamarind, Bread-and-cheese, Huamuchil, Opiuma, Asam Keranji, Blackhead, Asam Kranji, Asam Tjina, 牛蹄豆, Variegated Madras Thorn (Naturalised in Singapore)
6 NParks heritage trees in Singapore: Found in; Found in Marine Parade Rd Park / Playground; Found in Fort Canning Park, along path beside Service Reservoir; Found in Fort Canning Park, along path beside Service Reservoir; Found in Fort Canning Park, along path beside Service Reservoir; Found in Fort Canning Park, along path beside Service Reservoir
Monkeypod (Pithecellobium dulce) is a spiny, drought-tolerant tree in the pea family, native to Mexico, Central and northern South America, and widely grown as a street or shade tree in warm, dry regions. It thrives in full sun and well-drained soil and needs little water once established.
Pithecellobium dulce, commonly known as Manila tamarind, Madras thorn, monkeypod tree or camachile, 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 also sometimes known as monkeypod, but that name is also used for several other plants, including Samanea saman. It is an introduced species and extensively naturalized in the Caribbean and Florida, as well as the Philippines and Guam via the Manila galleons. It has also been introduced to Cambodia, Thailand and South Asia, It is considered an invasive species in Hawaii.
Pithecellobium dulce is a host plant for the caterpillars of the Common nawab (Polyura athamas), three-spot grass yellow (Eurema blanda), Bright babul blue (Azanus ubaldus) and several moths.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pithecellobium dulce by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
