The author establishes Enterolobium glaziovii (Benth.) Mesquita, "status novum" to Southeastern and Northeastern of Brazil, based on herbarium collection, fieldwork, as well as in a morphological study of fruits, seeds and patterns of geographical distribution. A complete description of the species and a table of differential characters with the related species E. schomburgkii are presented.
Enterolobium glaziovii; morphological study; geographical distribution; Brazil