Stinkingtoe
Hymenaea courbaril
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- West Bengal
- Flowering
- March-July
How to identify Stinkingtoe
Identify Stinkingtoe by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Strong-smelling ripe pods (stinkingtoe).
- Confirm leaf type: Pinnately compound (leaflets in rows along a stalk).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- Confirm fruit type: Legume.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: March-July.
- In India, compare location records such as West Bengal.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Hymenaea courbaril
- Genus
- Hymenaea
- Family
- Caesalpiniaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-July
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compound (leaflets in rows along a stalk)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Stinkingtoe itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
- Fruit type
- LegumerecordedA dry pod that splits open along two seams (typical of the pea/bean family).“However, it is not a member of Prunus but instead a legume of the family Fabaceae.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Stinkingtoe itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Stinkingtoe
Stinkingtoe (Hymenaea courbaril) belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in West Bengal. Flowering and fruiting run from March to July.
Uses
In practice it is grown for parts that are eaten, cut for timber and furniture and distilled for an aromatic oil.
Caesalpiniaceae
Senna family
Stinkingtoe belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae family.
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