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|accepted_name=Andira
|accepted_authority=Lamarck
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Encycl.
|place=1: 171. 1783
|year=1783
|other_info_on_pub=name conserved
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Fabaceae;Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae;Andira
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Fabaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Andira]]</div></div>
|etymology=Sanskrit/Tamal/Malayalam anjali or Portuguese angelyn, cavity formed by hollowing palms, probably alluding to wood’s use to make canoes and boats
|volume=Volume 11
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees,</b> unarmed. <b>Stems</b> puberulent or glabrescent; peduncles and pedicels eglandular. <b>Leaves</b> alternate, odd-pinnate; stipules present; petiolate; leaflets [3–](7 or)9–13(or 15), blade margins entire, surfaces glabrous or glabrate. <b>Inflorescences</b> 25–75-flowered, terminal and axillary, racemes and panicles; bracts present. <b>Flowers</b> papilionaceous; calyx campanulate, lobes 5; corolla pink to reddish purple; stamens 10, diadelphous; anthers dorsifixed, uniform. <b>Fruits</b> legumes (drupaceous), stipitate, pendent, plump, ovoid or subglobose, indehiscent, glabrous. <b>Seed</b> 1, ellipsoid to subglobose or ovoid. <b>x</b> = 10.</span><!--

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|distribution=Florida;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Africa.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 29 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Attribution of the generic name to Lamarck, instead of Jussieu, was clarified by R. T. Pennington (2002) and R. K. Brummitt (2004).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Andira
|author=Velva E. Rudd†;Michael A. Vincent
|authority=Lamarck
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subfamily
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Fabaceae
|distribution=Florida;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Africa.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Encycl.
|publication year=1783
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/master/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V11/V11_692.xml
|subfamily=Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae
|genus=Andira
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