# Libidibia coriaria > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Libidibia_coriaria > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Libidibia_coriaria.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libidibia_coriaria > Source revision: 1330042477 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Species of legume}} {{Redirect|Divi-divi|the Netherlands Antilles-based airline|Divi Divi Air}} {{Speciesbox |name = Divi-divi |image = Dividivi_on_aruba.jpg |image_caption = Divi-divi on [Aruba](/source/Aruba) |status = LC |status_system = IUCN3.1 |status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group |year=2019 |title=''Libidibia coriaria'' |article-number=e.T144303930A149041080 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T144303930A149041080.en |access-date=2 November 2022}} |taxon = Libidibia coriaria |authority = ([Jacq.](/source/Nikolaus_Joseph_von_Jacquin)) Schltdl. |synonyms = {{Species list |Caesalpinia coriacea|Poit. |Caesalpinia coriaria|(Jacq.) Willd. |Caesalpinia thomaea|Spreng. |Poinciana coriaria|Jacq. }} |synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=((''Libidibia coriaria'' (Jacq.) Schltdl.)) |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1010207-2 |access-date=2021-06-28 }} }} '''''Libidibia coriaria''''', [synonym](/source/Synonym_(taxonomy)) '''''Caesalpinia coriaria''''', is a [leguminous](/source/Legume) [tree](/source/tree) or large [shrub](/source/shrub) native to the [Caribbean](/source/Caribbean), [Central America](/source/Central_America), [Mexico](/source/Mexico), and northern and western [South America](/source/South_America). Common names include '''divi-divi''', '''cascalote''', '''guaracabuya''', '''guatapana''', '''nacascol''', '''tan yong''',{{r|ecocrop}} and '''''watapana''''' ([Aruba](/source/Aruba)). == Description == thumb|With developed canopy thumb|Leaves and pod thumb|Plants ''L. coriaria'' rarely reaches its maximum height of {{Convert|9|m|ft|abbr=on}} because its growth is [contorted](/source/Reaction_wood) by the [trade wind](/source/trade_wind)s that batter the exposed [coast](/source/coast)al sites where it often grows. In other environments it grows into a low dome shape with a clear sub canopy space. [Leaves](/source/leaf) are bipinnate, with 5–10 pairs of pinnae, each pinna with 15–25 pairs of leaflets; the individual leaflets are 7 mm long and 2 mm broad. The [fruit](/source/fruit) is a twisted [pod](/source/legume) {{Convert|5|cm|in|abbr=on}} long. ==Taxonomy== The species was first described by [Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin](/source/Nikolaus_Joseph_von_Jacquin) in 1763, as ''Poinciana coriaria''. In 1799, [Carl Ludwig Willdenow](/source/Carl_Ludwig_Willdenow) transferred it to the genus ''[Caesalpinia](/source/Caesalpinia)'', and in 1830, [Diederich von Schlechtendal](/source/Diederich_Franz_Leonhard_von_Schlechtendal) transferred it to his newly created genus ''[Libidibia](/source/Libidibia)''.{{cite web |title=((''Poinciana coriaria'' Jacq.)) |work=[The International Plant Names Index](/source/International_Plant_Names_Index) |url=https://www.ipni.org/n/1010207-2 |access-date=2021-06-28 }} The genus ''Libidibia'' was not always accepted and the species was usually placed in ''Caesalpinia'', until [molecular phylogenetic](/source/Molecular_phylogenetics) studies led to the reinstatement of ''Libidibia''.{{cite web |title=((''Libidibia'' Schltdl.)) |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:22792-1 |access-date=2021-06-28 }} == Chemistry == [Tannin](/source/Tannin)s are extracted from divi-divi pods for use in leather production.{{cite web |url=http://cool.conservation-us.org/don/dt/dt3686.html |title=Vegetable tannins |work=Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books |publisher=Conservation OnLine |date=2011-03-10 |access-date=2011-04-18}}{{cite journal |title=Recovery of Vegetable Tannins from Divi-divi Pods |first=Carlos |last=Perez-Tello |journal=Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology |year=1995 |volume=64 |issue=1 |pages=101–104 |doi=10.1002/jctb.280640116|bibcode=1995JCTB...64..101P }} Among the molecules isolated is [corilagin](/source/corilagin), whose name comes from the specific epithet of the plant. ==In culture== Divi-divi is the [national tree](/source/National_emblem) of [Curaçao](/source/Cura%C3%A7ao).{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M8SyFOyvjkQC |title=Adventure Guide to Aruba, Bonaire & Curaçao |first=Lynne M. |last=Sullivan |publisher=Hunter Publishing Inc |year=2006 |isbn=978-1-58843-572-9 |page=10}} It is also very common and popular on [Aruba](/source/Aruba).{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} ==Uses== According to the [FAO](/source/Food_and_Agriculture_Organization)'s [Ecocrop](/source/Ecocrop) database, the pods provide tannin and a black dye used in the tanning industry and for ink. The pods also have medicinal properties. The hard, dark colored wood is used for carpentry. The tree can be planted for shade. Yields of pods may be 45–135 kg per tree per year.{{r|ecocrop}} ==See also== * ''[Krummholz](/source/Krummholz)'' * [Reaction wood](/source/Reaction_wood) * [National Festival of the Dividivi](/source/National_Festival_of_the_Dividivi) ==References== {{Reflist|refs= {{GRIN | (('' Libidibia coriaria'' (Jacq.) Schltdl.)) | 465145 | accessdate = 2021-06-28}} {{cite web|title=Caesalpinia coriaria|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517112048/http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropView?id=4004|url=http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropView?id=4004|website=Ecocrop|archive-date=2012-05-17}} }} ==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Libidibia coriaria}} * {{Wikispecies-inline|Caesalpinia coriaria|''Libidibia coriaria''}} {{Taxonbar|from1=Q22108836|from2=Q1230627|from3=Q39124495}} {{Tannin source}} Category:Caesalpinieae Category:Plants described in 1799 Category:Symbols of La Guajira Department Category:National symbols of Curaçao Category:Trees of the Caribbean Category:Trees of Central America Category:Trees of Northern America Category:Trees of Venezuela Category:Trees of Colombia Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Libidibia coriaria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libidibia_coriaria) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libidibia_coriaria?action=history)). 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