''Myrocarpus'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the family

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

. It includes five species of trees native to tropical

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...

, ranging from Venezuela to northern Argentina. Typical habitats include wet to seasonally-dry tropical lowland forest and woodland. It contains the following species: *'' Myrocarpus emarginatus'' * '' Myrocarpus fastigiatus'' Allemão * '' Myrocarpus frondosus'' Allemão * '' Myrocarpus leprosus'' Pickel * '' Myrocarpus venezuelensis'' Rudd Members of this genus produce hydroxy

pipecolic acid Pipecolic acid (piperidine-2-carboxylic acid) is an organic compound with the formula HNC5H9CO2H. It is a carboxylic acid derivative of piperidine and, as such, an amino acid, although not one encoded genetically. Like many other α-amino acids, p ...

s in their leaves.

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Amburaneae Fabaceae genera Flora of Southern America Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Faboideae-stub