Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets Enterolobium cyclocarpum - Earpod Tree, Mexican Walnut Tree, Pitchwood
Edible Portion: Seeds, Pods, Fruit, Vegetable
A deciduous tree. It grows up to 30 m high. It has a large stocky trunk. It has small buttresses. The branches are heavy. The leaves are twice divided and feather like. They are deep green and there are 24 pairs of small leaflets and 50 larger leaflets. The flowers are small and greenish white. They occur in heads 1.5 cm across. The fruit is an ear shaped pod. It is 10 cm across and flat and coiled. It has several seeds.