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Palo Blanco
Lysiloma candidum
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
QuebrachoLysiloma divaricatum
Willard's AcaciaMariosousa heterophylla
organ pipe cactusStenocereus thurberi
Hesperalbizia occidentalis
River Red GumEucalyptus camaldulensis
Lysiloma tergeminum
Baja California RatsnakeBogertophis rosaliae
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Mexico | 1,044 |
|---|---|
| Baja California Sur | 1,036 |
| Sonora | 7 |
| Baja California | 1 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Material useListed as being used for materials such as wood, fiber, resin, gum, or oil.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
- Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales |
| Family | Legumes · Fabaceae |
| Genus | False Tamarinds · Lysiloma |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Palo Blanco with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.