Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Guilandina bonduc
Mora, chililica, Bonduc, garrapata de playa, Yellow nicker, fever nut, gray nicker, prickly caesalpinia
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Guilandina
Species
bonduc
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb.; Syn.: Caesalpinia bonducella (L.) Fleming, Guilandina bonduc L. fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010)
Origin: Cryptogenic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: The native range of this species is Tropics & Subtropics (POWO, 2023).
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"Galapagos Species Database, Guilandina bonduc", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25279. Accessed 26 June 2025.