Common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum.

synoniemen: camachile, huamachil, manila tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce.

A tree of the West Indies and Florida and Mexico; resembles tamarind and has long flat pods.

synoniemen: Lysiloma bahamensis, Lysiloma latisiliqua.