A genus of tropical trees native to Central and South America that produce large, curved seed pods and are used for timber and shade.
Greek 'enteron' (intestine) + 'lobium' (relating to lobes, from Greek 'lobos' meaning lobe). The name refers to the distinctive intestine-shaped curved seed pods.
The enterolobium tree's enormous curved seed pods really do look like coiled intestines—and the tree's huge umbrella-shaped crown can stretch so wide it shades an entire neighborhood in tropical countries.
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