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Caesalpinia bahamensis
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Caesalpinia bahamensis

Caesalpinia bahamensis

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitShrub
Growth—

Not known

Propagation

Like many species within the family Fabaceae, once they have ripened and dried the seeds of this species may benefit from scarification before sowing in order to speed up and improve germination. This can usually be done by pouring a small amount of nearly boiling water on the seeds (being careful not to cook them!) and then soaking them for 12 - 24 hours in warm water. By this time they should have imbibed moisture and swollen - if they have not, then carefully make a nick in the seedcoat (being careful not to damage the embryo) and soak for a further 12 hours before sowing[PFAF]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-19. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Caesalpinia+bahamensis>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]The Bahama Flora — Britton N.L.; Millspaugh C.F. · Britton N.L.; Millspaugh C.F., New York. · 1920 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎A botanical description, often accompanied by the plants habitat, of the Flora of the Bahamas.
  2. [2]Validación etnofarmacológica de Nectandra coriacea (Sw.) Griseb. y Caesalpinia bahamensis Lam. reportadas como diuré — Maykel Pérez MachínFrancisco Morón RodríguezMario L Sueiro O · 2011 ↩︎
  3. [3]Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information — HMSO; London. · 1916 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎Contains a range of articles on plants. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
  4. [4]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
  5. [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎