Enterolobium cyclocarpum (Jacq.) Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind. (1860)
Latin for 'circular fruits'.

Description
Mid-canopy tree up to 30 m tall and 60 cm dbh. Leaves alternate, compound, leaflets opposite, small, palmate-veined, glabrous. Flowers ca. 3 mm diameter, white, protruding stamens, placed in umbells within branched inflorescences. Fruits ca. 90 mm diameter, brown-black, spiral, flattened pods.

Ecology
In Asia usually planted.

Uses
Cultivated for wood?

Distribution
Originally from central and northern tropical America. Currently pan-tropical.