Cassia fastuosa Willd. ex Benth. var. fastuosa
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Authors
Howard S. Irwin, Rupert C. Barneby
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Authority
Irwin, Howard S. & Barneby, Rupert C. 1982. The American Cassiinae. A synoptical revision of Leguminosae tribe Cassieae subtrib Cassiinae in the New World. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35, part 1: 1-454.
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Family
Caesalpiniaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
"Habitat in provincia Paraensi prope Para in sylvis: Martius, Burchell n. 9649.; ad Parana-miri dos Ramos et Caripi ejusdem prov.: Spruce n. 234. (specimina florida); et ad flumen Amazonum prope ostium Rio das Trombetas: Martius (specimen fructiferum)."—L
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Description
Variety Description - Characters as given in key [Key: "Fertilized ovary acquiring a dense plushlike indumentum of minute whitish or yellowish hairs, this persisting throughout the life of the developing fruit, the fully formed pod velvety- puberulent; French Guiana, n.-e. Brazil (Amapa, Para), rarely w. to Manaus and the middle Maderia R. in Amazonas)."]; fertile anthers glabrous.—Collections: 27.—Fig. 7.
Distribution and Ecology - Virgin and disturbed forest on terra firme (one record from varzea), surviving in capoeira and as a shade tree in pastures, originally native on riverbanks and in natural openings, ±10-200 m, local and sometimes solitary, in scattered stations along the lower Amazon and its tributaries, mostly downstream from mouth of Rio Trombetas, in Para, extending n. through Amapa to s.-centr. French Guiana and e.-centr. Surinam; thence rarely w. to Manaus and the middle Madeira river in Amazonas, where closely approaching var. calva.—Fl. VIII-XII, the fruit long and slowly maturing, the seeds released only by rotting of the fallen pod.
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Common Names
Marimari , maripixuma, paricá, cordao de S. Francisco
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Distribution
Pará Brazil South America| Amapá Brazil South America| French Guiana South America| Suriname South America|