Dipteryx oleifera (syns. Dipteryx panamensis and Coumarouna panamensis), the eboe, choibá, Tonka Bean or almendro (almond in Spanish), is a species of emergentrainforesttree up to 165 feet (fifty meters) tall[2] in the family Fabaceae (the subfamily Papilionoidea), native to Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador.[1][3][4]
A valuable hardwood timber tree, its almond-flavored seeds are edible and sold in local markets.[5] Its seedpods are so oily that locals use them as torches.[6] It has "great potential" as an ornamental due to its spectacular bloom of pink flowers which lasts for weeks,[6] and is used as a street tree in Medellín, Colombia.[7]
^Ossola, Alessandro; Hoeppner, Malin J.; Burley, Hugh M.; Gallagher, Rachael V.; Beaumont, Linda J.; Leishman, Michelle R. (2020). "The Global Urban Tree Inventory: A database of the diverse tree flora that inhabits the world's cities". Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29 (11): 1907–1914. Bibcode:2020GloEB..29.1907O. doi:10.1111/geb.13169. S2CID225429443.
