Myrocarpus

Myrocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes five species of trees native to tropical South America, ranging from Venezuela to northern Argentina. Typical habitats include wet to seasonally-dry tropical lowland forest and woodland.^[1]

Myrocarpus
Myrocarpus frondosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Amburaneae
Genus:	Myrocarpus Allemão (1847)
Species[1]
five; see text

It contains the following species:^[1][2][3]

• Myrocarpus emarginatus A.L.B.Sartori & A.M.G.Azevedo
• Myrocarpus fastigiatus Allemão
• Myrocarpus frondosus Allemão
• Myrocarpus leprosus Pickel
• Myrocarpus venezuelensis Rudd

Members of this genus produce hydroxypipecolic acids in their leaves.^[4]