''Jupunba microcalyx'' is a species of

plant Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...

of the genus ''

Jupunba ''Jupunba'' is a genus in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the tropical Americas, ranging from southern Mexico to the Caribbean, Central America, and tropical South America. Species ''Jupunba'' has 38 accepted species: *'' Jupunba abbottii'' ...

'' in the family

Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

. It is a tree native to the

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of Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, and northern Brazil. In Colombia it is native to Guaviare and Vaupés departments in the

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region, also known as Guayana, in the country's southeast near the borders with Venezuela and Brazil, where it grows up to 200 meters elevation. Three varieties are accepted. *''Jupunba microcalyx'' var. ''enterolobioides'' *''Jupunba microcalyx'' var. ''microcalyx'' *''Jupunba microcalyx'' var. ''parauaquarae''

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* (1996): Silk Tree, Guanacaste, Monkey's Earring: A generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. ''Abarema, Albizia'', and Allies. ''Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden'' 74(1): 1–292. * (2005)
Genus ''Abarema''
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