Abarema is a neotropical genus in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Brazil, Cuba, and Venezuela.Most of the species can be found in the Amazon Basin and the Guyana Highlands. They have a deep-green fernlike foliage, with bipinnately compound leaves. Taxonomy This genus has been proven to be polyphyletic under its previous circumscription. As a result of the genetic evidence, the genera Jupunba and Punjuba were separated from Abarema. Species Following the 1996 revision, there are currently about 45 species. In older works, the entire genus is usually included within Pithecellobium. Abarema abbottii – Abbott abarema Abarema acreana (provisionally placed here) Abarema adenophora Abarema agropecuaria Abarema alexandri – Shadbark abarema Abarema alexandri var. alexandri – Typical shadbark abarema; tamarind shadbark (Jamaica) Abarema alexandri var. trogana – Troy shadbark abarema; shadbark (Jamaica) Abarema aspleniifolia – Spleen-leaved abarema Abarema auriculata (Benth.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes – guarango maní Abarema barbouriana – Barbour abarema Abarema barbouriana var. barbouriana Abarema brachystachya Abarema callejasii Abarema campestris Abarema centiflora Abarema cochleata Abarema cochleata var. moniliformis Abarema cochliocarpos – Barbatimo Abarema commutata Abarema curvicarpa Abarema curvicarpa var. rodriguesii Abarema ferruginea Abarema filamentosa Abarema floribunda Abarema gallorum Abarema ganymedea Abarema glauca – Glaucous abarema Abarema idiopoda (S.F.Blake) Barneby & J.W.Grimes Abarema josephi Abarema jupunba – Delmare abarema, crabwood, dalmare, delmare, jumbie head, soapy-soapy; wild tamarin (Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) Abarema jupunba var. jupunba Abarema jupunba var. trapezifolia Abarema killipii Abarema laeta Abarema langsdorfii Abarema lehmannii Abarema leucophylla Abarema leucophylla var. vaupesensis Abarema levelii Abarema longipedunculata Abarema macradenia – Panama abarema Abarema microcalyx Abarema mataybifolia Abarema nipensis Abarema obovalis Abarema obovata – Obovate abarema Abarema oppositifolia – Opposite-leaved abarema Abarema oxyphyllidia Abarema piresii Abarema racemiflora Abarema ricoae Abarema turbinata Abarema villifera Abarema zolleriana Formerly placed here Archidendron bigeminum (L.) I.C.Nielsen (as Abarema abeywickramae Kosterm., Abarema bigemina (L.) Kosterm., Abarema monadelpha (Roxb.) Kosterm.) Archidendron grandiflorum (Benth.) I.C.Nielsen (as Abarema grandiflora (Benth.) Kosterm.) Archidendron hendersonii (F.Muell.) I.C.Nielsen (as Abarema hendersonii (F.Muell.) Kosterm.) Jupunba idiopoda (S.F.Blake) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci (as Abarema idiopoda (S.F.Blake) Barneby & J.W.Grimes) Footnotes References (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. Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-MAR-31. Neotropical realm flora Fabaceae genera