Myrospermum frutescens

Myrospermum frutescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Myrospermum
Species:
M. frutescens
Binomial name
Myrospermum frutescens
Jacq. (1760)
Synonyms
  • Calusia emarginata Bertero ex Steud. (1841)
  • Myrospermum emarginatum Klotzsch (1857)
  • Myrospermum frutescens var. emarginatum (Klotzsch) M.Gómez (1894)
  • Myrospermum secundum Klotzsch (1857)
  • Myroxylon frutescens (Jacq.) Willd. (1799)
  • Toluifera frutescens (Jacq.) H.Karst. (1886)

Myrospermum frutescens, the cercipo, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It ranges from central Mexico through Central America to Colombia and Venezuela.