Common Name Image Scientific Name
Anchovy Pear Grias cauliflora Grias cauliflora
Antidote Vine Fevillea cordifolia
Australian Pine Casuarina equisetifolia
Baobab Adansonia digitata
Beach Pea,
Bay Bean
Canavalia rosea
Bitter Bark Tree Sacoglottis gabonensis
Black Mangrove Avicennia germinans
Black Pearl Sapindus saponaria
Black Sea-Biscuit Bean Poupartia amazonica
Black Walnut Juglans nigra
Blister Pod Sacoglottis amazonica
Blister Pod, Furrowed Sacoglottis cf costata
Bloodwood Pterocarpus officinalis
Box Fruit Barringtonia asiatica
Brainfruit
Donovan's Brain; Brain Bean
Andira galeottiana
Bull's Eye
Dioclea sp. #002
Burny Bean
Velvet Bean
Mucuna gigantea
Calabash Crescentia cujete
Candlenut Aleurites moluccana
Cat's Eye Pongamia pinnata
Cathie's Bean Canavalia nitida
Coco-de-mer;
Double Coconut
Lodoicea maldivica
Coconut Palm Cocos nucifera
Cohune Palm Orbignya cohune
Coin Vine Dalbergia ecastaphyllum
Coralbean Erythrina herbacea
Crabwood Carapa guianensis
Crinum Lily Crinum americanum
Crucifixion Bean
Mary's Bean
Merremia discoidesperma
Deer Hoof Seed Ochrosia elliptica
Eggfruit Calocarpum sp.
Golfball;
Sea Coconut
Manicaria saccifera
Hamburger Bean, Black Mucuna holtonii
Hamburger Bean, Brown;
Velvet Bean; Horse Eye;
Ojo de Buey
Mucuna sloanei
Hamburger Bean, Red Mucuna urens
Hog-plum Spondias mombin
Horse Eye Bean, Red;
Korokororo; Tento

Ormosia coutinhoi
Jamaican Naval Spurge Omphalea diandra
Large Flat Dioclea
Dioclea sp. #003
Laurelwood Calophyllum calaba
Little Marble Oxyrhynchus trinervius
Little Marble Oxyrhynchus volubilis
Manchineel
Hippomane mancinella
Mango Mangifera indica
Mangrove, Black Avicennia germinans
Mangrove, Red Rhizophora mangle
Mary's Bean
Crucifixion Bean
Merremia discoidesperma
Moonflower, White;
Moon Vine; Evening Glory
Ipomoea alba Ipomoea alba
Necklace Pod Sophora tomentosa
Nickarbean, Brown Caesalpinia major
Nickarbean, Gray;
Sea Pearl
Caesalpinia bonduc
Nickarbean, Orange Caesalpinia ciliata
Nickarbean: Yellow varieties Caesalpinia spp.
Nypa Palm Nypa fruticans
Oleander
Mexican Oleander or
Yellow Oleander
Thevetia peruviana
Para Rubber Tree  
Persoon Caryocar glabrum
Pond Apple Annona glabra
Porcupine Seed Caryocar sp.
Porcupine Seed, Smooth Caryocar glabrum spp.
Prickly Palm Acrocomia spp.
Railroad Vine Ipomoea pes-caprae
Red Mangrove Rhizophora mangle
Sandbox Tree Hura crepitans
Sandspur Cenchrus spinifex
Screwpine (Thatch) Pandanus tectorius
Sea Coconut;
Golfball
Manicaria saccifera
Sea Grape Cocoloba uvifera
Sea Heart Entada gigas
Sea Oats Uniola paniculata
Sea Purse Dioclea reflexa
Soapberry Sapindus saponaria
Starnut Palm Astrocaryum sp.
Thick-Banded Mucuna Mucuna elliptica
Tropical Almond;
Country Almond
Terminalia catappa
Turtle Grass Thalassia testudinum
Water Hickory Carya aquatica
White Inkberry Scaveola plumieri
Wood Rose Merremia tuberosa



Links - To other Sea-Bean Guides

  • Tropical Drift Seeds ("Sea Beans") - A graphic guide to sea-beans, mostly found in Miami, Florida, USA. - by Nathan Kinkade
  • "Desirable Sea Beans of South Texas Beaches ...and the Probability of Finding Them" - by Mike Ley
  • "Desirable Sea Beans of Florida ...and the Probability of Finding Them" - by Christopher Boykin

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