Mora oleifera


Mora oleifera is a species of rainforest tree in the bean family Fabaceae, cassia subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It is commonly called mora or mangle nato, and is found in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador. It grows in height and up to diameter at breast height. It is noted for producing the largest seeds of any dicot plant ; and up to long by wide, and up to thick. and can weigh up to, and is exceeded only by Lodoicea maldivica and Cocos nucifera. This seed is in a single-seeded legume which develops from a tiny flower only 1 mm in width. These white flowers are in little spikes about long. The leaves are paripinnate with just two pairs of ovate or oblong leaflets, each leaflet up to long. The wood is very heavy and rich in tannins.