Libidibia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes seven species of trees and shrubs native to the tropical Americas, ranging from northern Mexico to northern Argentina. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest and scrub, thorn forest (including caatinga), and savanna woodland.^[1] It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

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Libidibia
Libidibia paraguariensis in Chaco National Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:	Caesalpinieae
Genus:	Libidibia Schltdl. (1830)
Type species
Libidibia coriaria (Jacq.) Schltdl.[1]
Species
See text.
Synonyms[2]
Caesalpinia section Libidibia DC. Stahlia Bello (1881)

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Libidibia comprises the following species:^[1][2]

• Libidibia coriaria (Jacq.) Schltdl.—divi-divi (Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, northern South America)
• Libidibia ferrea (Mart. ex Tul.) L.P.Queiroz—Brazilian ironwood, leopard tree
  • var. ferrea (Mart. ex Tul.) L.P.Queiroz
  • var. glabrescens (Benth.) L.P.Queiroz
  • var. leiostachya (Benth.) L.P.Queiroz
  • var. parvifolia (Benth.) L.P.Queiroz
• Libidibia glabrata (Kunth) C.Cast. & G.P.Lewis
• Libidibia monosperma (Tul.) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis
• Libidibia paraguariensis (D.Parodi) G.P.Lewis—ibirá-berá, guayacaú negro, Argentinian brown ebony (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
• Libidibia punctata (Willd.) Britton—quebrahacha
• Libidibia sclerocarpa (Standl.) Britton & Rose