About Chapleno
Lonchocarpus minimiflorus is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, southern Mexico, and Nicaragua.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Lonchocarpus minimiflorus
- Genus
- Lonchocarpus
- Family
- FABACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Native to
- Trinidad, Tobago
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-June

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