About Brown Heart
Andira inermis is a nitrogen-fixing tree with medicinal properties native to the area from southern Mexico through Central America to northern South America (Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil); it has been introduced to the Caribbean, the Antilles, Florida, and Africa and is often pollinated by bees.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Andira inermis
- Genus
- Andira
- Family
- FABACEAE
- Habit
- Tree

Botanical family
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Brown Heart belongs to the Fabaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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