Characteristics
Dicots
Guilandina major (Medik.)Small
HAWAII PEARLS; YELLOW NICKER
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Traditionally put in the genus Caesalpinia, it is now placed in the genus Guilandina (Gagnon et al. 2016). As explained by Dandy & Exell (1938), this species was once widely known as the misapplied Caesalpinia bonduc (http://archive.bsbi.org.uk/Journal_of_Botany_1938.pdf).
Native Endangered-State UPL (NWPL)
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Classification
FABALES
Guilandina major (Medik.)Small - HAWAII PEARLS; YELLOW NICKER
Citation
GUILANDINA MAJOR (Medikus) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 591, 1331. 1903.
Bonduc majus Medikus 1786; Guilandina bonduc Linnaeus 1762, non Linnaeus 1753.
INDONESIA: Without data (lectotype: Rumphius, Herb. Amboin. 5: t. 48. 1747). Lectotypified by Hattink, Reinwardtia 9: 39, 41. 1974.
Species Distribution Map

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Plant Photos
Guilandina major - 95
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Guilandina major - 95
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