Glossary Details – Lecythidaceae

Glossary Details:

Caatinga vegetation. Photo by S. A. Mori.

Title: Caatinga of eastern Brazil. Photo by S. A. Mori.

Description: Cavanillesia arborea is a tree scattered among the thorn-scrub vegetation called caatinga in eastern Brazil. Do not confuse Amazonian caatinga with the caatinga of eastern Brazil.

Term:

Caatinga

Definition:

A Portuguese term referring to a dry, thorn-scrub, deciduous vegetation of northeastern Brazil. Do not confuse eastern Brazilian caatinga with Amazonian caatinga.