Jupunba abbottii

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| image = Abarema abbottii.jpg

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN2.3

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=World Conservation Monitoring Centre |date=1998 |title=Abarema abbottii |volume=1998 |page=e.T36563A10002231 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T36563A10002231.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

| genus = Jupunba

| species = abbottii

| authority = (Rose & Leonard) Britton & Rose

| synonyms =

Abarema abbottii (Rose & Leonard) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
Pithecellobium abbottii Rose & Leonard

| synonyms_ref =

}}

Jupunba abbottii (synonym Abarema abbottii), the Abbott abarema, is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to the Dominican Republic, and is confined to broad-leaved woodlands on limestone soils.

Morphology

The tree is a perennial plant.{{cite web |author1=Royal Botanic Gardens Kew |title=Jupunba abbottii (Rose & Leonard) Britton & Rose {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:132561-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=26 March 2025}} It is 4 to 12 metres tall, with rough grey bark.Silk Tree, Guanacaste, Monkey's Earrings, pt. 1., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1): 105. 1996

Distribution and habitat

Distribution: Restricted to north-east Dominican Republic, on the southern shore of Samana Bay and west towards Sa Quita-espuela.

Habitat: A tree confined to broad-leaved woodland on limestone soils up to 800 metres.

References

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Category:Endemic flora of the Dominican Republic

Category:Vulnerable plants

Category:Plants described in 1927

Category:Taxa named by Joseph Nelson Rose

Category:Taxa named by Emery Clarence Leonard

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot