Zygia pithecolobioides

Pithecellobium pithecolobioides, known as the granadillo de río, is a tree species in the legume family (Fabaceae).

Zygia pithecolobioides
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Clade:	Mimosoid clade
Genus:	Zygia
Species:	Z. pithecolobioides
Binomial name
Zygia pithecolobioides (Kuntze) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
Synonyms
Several, see text

Found in Argentina and Paraguay, it is threatened by habitat destruction; whether it still exists in Brazil is at least doubtful.

Junior synonyms are:^[2]

• Feuilleea pithecolobioides (Kuntze) Kuntze
• Inga pithecolobioides Kuntze
• Pithecellobium pithecolobioides (Kuntze) Hassl.
• Pithecellobium pithecolobioides (Kuntze) Hassl. var. harmsii Hassl.
• Pithecellobium pithecolobioides (Kuntze) Hassl. var. pithecolobioides (Kuntze)Hassl.
• Pithecellobium pithecolobioides (Kuntze) Hassl. var. reductum (Malme) Hassl.
• Pithecellobium reductum Malme
• Zygia reducta (Malme) L.Rico