Lysiloma sabicu
| Lysiloma sabicu | |
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| In bloom in April | |
| Cultivated specimens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Lysiloma |
| Species: | L. sabicu
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| Binomial name | |
| Lysiloma sabicu | |
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Lysiloma sabicu, the sabicu, horseflesh, or horseflesh mahogony, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the Bahamas, Cuba, and Hispaniola, and it has been introduced to Florida and Puerto Rico. A tree reaching 20 m (66 ft), it is typically found growing on limestone soils, but also on lateritic and serpentine soils, in a variety of forest and shrubland types at elevations from 4 m (10 ft) to 1,100 m (3,600 ft). A source of sabicu wood, it has been assessed as Least Concern.