Tropical American trees tonka beans

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Dipteryx \Dipteryx\ n. a genus of tropical American trees which produce a black seed called the tonka bean . Syn: Coumarouna, genus Coumarouna , genus Dipteryx .

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Dipteryx is a genus containing nine species of shrubs and trees . It belongs to the "papillionoid" subfamily – Faboideae – of the legume family ( Fabaceae ). This genus is native to South and Central America and the Caribbean . Formerly, the related genus ...