Medicinal
Barbasquillo
Zygia longifolia (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Britton & Rose
Southern Mexico to northern Brazil
Fun factIn Panama it is called 'guabito cansa boca', the little guaba that tires the mouth, a name it shares with its relative Inga laurina.
A riverbank tree of the legume family, closely related to the guaba (Inga), found along streams and rivers from sea level to about 1,700 m. Its roots bind riverbanks, and in Colombia it is planted to protect water sources, shade livestock in silvopastoral systems and feed bees. In Costa Rica it is widely known as sotacaballo.
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FamilyFabaceae
Spanish nameSotacaballo
Also known asPichinde, Sotacaballo, Pichindé, Guabito de río, Guabito cansa boca
Native toSouthern Mexico through Central America, including Costa Rica, to Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and northern Brazil
| Tag | Garden area | Zone | Planted | Status | Sponsored | Note |
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| — | Jungle Boardwalk | — | 5 July 2019 | Planted | — |
1 of these has no tag yet; it will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.