Libidibia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes seven species of trees and shrubs native to the tropical Americas, ranging from northern Mexico to northern Argentina. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest and scrub, thorn forest (including caatinga), and savanna woodland. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.
Species
Libidibia comprises the following species:
Libidibia coriaria (Jacq.) Schltdl.—divi-divi (Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, northern South America)
Libidibia ferrea (Mart. ex Tul.) L.P.Queiroz—Brazilian ironwood, leopard tree
var. ferrea (Mart. ex Tul.) L.P.Queiroz
var. glabrescens (Benth.) L.P.Queiroz
var. leiostachya (Benth.) L.P.Queiroz
var. parvifolia (Benth.) L.P.Queiroz
Libidibia glabrata (Kunth) C.Cast. & G.P.Lewis
Libidibia monosperma (Tul.) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis
Libidibia paraguariensis (D.Parodi) G.P.Lewis—ibirá-berá, guayacaú negro, Argentinian brown ebony (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
Libidibia punctata (Willd.) Britton—quebrahacha
Libidibia sclerocarpa (Standl.) Britton & Rose
