Monographs Details:
Authority:
Prance, Ghillean T. & Mori, S. A. 1979. Lecythidaceae - Part I. The actinomorphic-flowered New World Lecythidaceae (Asteranthos, Gustavia, Grias, Allantoma & Cariniana). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 21: 1-270. (Published by NYBG Press)
Prance, Ghillean T. & Mori, S. A. 1979. Lecythidaceae - Part I. The actinomorphic-flowered New World Lecythidaceae (Asteranthos, Gustavia, Grias, Allantoma & Cariniana). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 21: 1-270. (Published by NYBG Press)
Family:
Lecythidaceae
Lecythidaceae
Synonyms:
Couratari domestica Mart.
Couratari domestica Mart.
Description:
Description - Tree to 50.0 m tall, the young branches puberulous, becoming glabrous but not conspicuously lenticellate. Leaves with laminas oblong-ovate, 6.0-12.0 cm long, 4.0-6.5 cm broad, the margins crenulate, tapered from above the midpoint to apex, acuminate at apex, the acumen 5.0-10.0 mm long, curved, subcuneate at base, slightly decurrent onto petioles, glabrous beneath; midrib prominulous above, prominent beneath, sparsely puberulous on both surfaces becoming glabrous with age; primary veins 19-24 pairs, prominulous on both surfaces, 2.0-5.0 mm apart at base; with distinct domatia at junction with midrib and most veins, the domatia with a small pilose tuft of hair; petioles 5.0- 10.0 mm long, slightly winged, sparsely puberulous when young. Inflorescences terminal and subterminal racemose panicles to 15.0 cm long, the rachis and branches sparsely puberulous, not crustaceous; pedicels 0.5-1.0 mm long. Calyx ca 3.0 mm long, turbinate, the lobes triangular, sparsely puberulous on exterior. Petals obovate, ca 6.0-8.0 mm long, usually red, rarely white. The androecium ca 2.0 mm in diameter with numerous (over 50) stamens on filaments inserted all over the inner surface. The style very short. Ovary trilocular. Pyxidium 5.5-7.0 cm long, 3.0-4.0 cm maximum diameter near apex, usually slightly costate on exterior, but not warted, the calycine ring 1.0-1.5 cm below apex, the pericarp thick, to 1.0 cm at line of opercular dehiscence, smooth, without teeth at mouth. Operculum 1.5-1.8 cm diameter at apex, to 5.5 cm long, the columella triangular. The seed wings to 3.0 cm long, the seed more or less pyriform, 8.0 cm long, 4.0 mm broad.
Description - Tree to 50.0 m tall, the young branches puberulous, becoming glabrous but not conspicuously lenticellate. Leaves with laminas oblong-ovate, 6.0-12.0 cm long, 4.0-6.5 cm broad, the margins crenulate, tapered from above the midpoint to apex, acuminate at apex, the acumen 5.0-10.0 mm long, curved, subcuneate at base, slightly decurrent onto petioles, glabrous beneath; midrib prominulous above, prominent beneath, sparsely puberulous on both surfaces becoming glabrous with age; primary veins 19-24 pairs, prominulous on both surfaces, 2.0-5.0 mm apart at base; with distinct domatia at junction with midrib and most veins, the domatia with a small pilose tuft of hair; petioles 5.0- 10.0 mm long, slightly winged, sparsely puberulous when young. Inflorescences terminal and subterminal racemose panicles to 15.0 cm long, the rachis and branches sparsely puberulous, not crustaceous; pedicels 0.5-1.0 mm long. Calyx ca 3.0 mm long, turbinate, the lobes triangular, sparsely puberulous on exterior. Petals obovate, ca 6.0-8.0 mm long, usually red, rarely white. The androecium ca 2.0 mm in diameter with numerous (over 50) stamens on filaments inserted all over the inner surface. The style very short. Ovary trilocular. Pyxidium 5.5-7.0 cm long, 3.0-4.0 cm maximum diameter near apex, usually slightly costate on exterior, but not warted, the calycine ring 1.0-1.5 cm below apex, the pericarp thick, to 1.0 cm at line of opercular dehiscence, smooth, without teeth at mouth. Operculum 1.5-1.8 cm diameter at apex, to 5.5 cm long, the columella triangular. The seed wings to 3.0 cm long, the seed more or less pyriform, 8.0 cm long, 4.0 mm broad.
Discussion:
Cariniana domestica is most closely related to C. pyriformis and C. rubra (see notes under those species for the differences).The original description does not cite the type collection, but the locality is given as Cuiaba. The material in the Martius Herbarium at Bruxelles was collected by Silva Manso at Cuiaba and this is the type with the duplicates labelled only ‘Herb. Martius No. 207.’
Cariniana domestica is most closely related to C. pyriformis and C. rubra (see notes under those species for the differences).The original description does not cite the type collection, but the locality is given as Cuiaba. The material in the Martius Herbarium at Bruxelles was collected by Silva Manso at Cuiaba and this is the type with the duplicates labelled only ‘Herb. Martius No. 207.’
Distribution:
Brazil South America| Pará Brazil South America| Maranhão Brazil South America| Acre Brazil South America| Rondônia Brazil South America| Mato Grosso Brazil South America| Bolivia South America| Beni Bolivia South America|
Brazil South America| Pará Brazil South America| Maranhão Brazil South America| Acre Brazil South America| Rondônia Brazil South America| Mato Grosso Brazil South America| Bolivia South America| Beni Bolivia South America|
Common Names:
cachimbeira, Jequitibá
cachimbeira, Jequitibá