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Mariosousa heterophylla
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Mariosousa heterophylla, also called the palo blanco tree, palo liso, guinola, and Willard acacia, is a normally evergreen mimosoid plant in the genus Mariosousa native to Mexico. The Spanish common name translates into 'white stick', defining its peeling white bark. A compound called willardiine, that acts as an agonist in glutamate receptors, can be isolated from M. heterophylla.
- Family
- Fabaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Mariosousa heterophylla
- Slug
- mariosousa-heterophylla
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Mariosousa
- Species
- heterophylla
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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