Monographs Details:
Authority:
Mori, S. A. & Prance, Ghillean T. 1990. Lecythidaceae - Part II: The zygomorphic-flowered New World genera (Couroupita, Corythophora, Bertholletia, Couratari, Eschweilera, & Lecythis). With a study of secondary xylem of Neotropical Lecythidaceae by Carl de Zeeuw. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 21: 1-376. (Published by NYBG Press)
Mori, S. A. & Prance, Ghillean T. 1990. Lecythidaceae - Part II: The zygomorphic-flowered New World genera (Couroupita, Corythophora, Bertholletia, Couratari, Eschweilera, & Lecythis). With a study of secondary xylem of Neotropical Lecythidaceae by Carl de Zeeuw. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 21: 1-376. (Published by NYBG Press)
Family:
Lecythidaceae
Lecythidaceae
Synonyms:
Couratari Aubl.
Couratari Aubl.
Description:
Description - Trees, to 40 m tall, the trunk buttressed to 3 m, the young branches sparsely puberulous, soon glabrous. Leaf blades oblong, 5-8.5 x 2.2-4.3 cm, coriaceous, glabrous or sparsely puberulous-glabrescent beneath; midrib prominulous above, prominent beneath, puberulous or glabrous when young; secondary veins 10-12 pairs, plane above, prominent beneath, the tertiary venation plane above, prominulous beneath; apex retuse, rounded or bluntly acute; base cuneate to subcuneate; petiole 7-15 mm long, puberulous when young, shallowly canaliculate, not winged. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, little-branched panicles or racemes, the rachis and rachillae minutely stellate pubescent; bracts oblong-ovate, ca. 3 mm long, caducous; pedicels 10-14 mm long, sparsely stellate puberulous. Frequently flowering in leafless condition. Flowers with hypanthium campanulate, ca. 2 mm long; calyx lobes triangular-ovate, acute at apex, ca. 2 mm long, sparsely puberulous on both surfaces, the margins ciliate; petals obovate, 1.5-2 cm long, sparsely puberulous on exterior, glabrous within, pink; androecial hood ca. 2.5 cm long, the exterior rugulose, sparsely puberulous on exterior; staminal ring ca. 8 mm diam., stamens 10-14, inserted in single row around staminal ring. Fruits coniform, markedly triangular in cross section, broadest at apex, gradually tapering to base, 79 (excluding stipe) x 2.8-3.3 cm, with thin stipe to 2.5 cm long, longitudinally striate on exterior, crustaceous but not lenticellate on exterior, ca. 2 mm thick, hard and woody, the calycine ring 7-10 mm below apex, almost plane; operculum plane at apex. Seeds oblong-lanceolate, 5.5-6.5 cm x 1.5 cm, symmetrical.
Description - Trees, to 40 m tall, the trunk buttressed to 3 m, the young branches sparsely puberulous, soon glabrous. Leaf blades oblong, 5-8.5 x 2.2-4.3 cm, coriaceous, glabrous or sparsely puberulous-glabrescent beneath; midrib prominulous above, prominent beneath, puberulous or glabrous when young; secondary veins 10-12 pairs, plane above, prominent beneath, the tertiary venation plane above, prominulous beneath; apex retuse, rounded or bluntly acute; base cuneate to subcuneate; petiole 7-15 mm long, puberulous when young, shallowly canaliculate, not winged. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, little-branched panicles or racemes, the rachis and rachillae minutely stellate pubescent; bracts oblong-ovate, ca. 3 mm long, caducous; pedicels 10-14 mm long, sparsely stellate puberulous. Frequently flowering in leafless condition. Flowers with hypanthium campanulate, ca. 2 mm long; calyx lobes triangular-ovate, acute at apex, ca. 2 mm long, sparsely puberulous on both surfaces, the margins ciliate; petals obovate, 1.5-2 cm long, sparsely puberulous on exterior, glabrous within, pink; androecial hood ca. 2.5 cm long, the exterior rugulose, sparsely puberulous on exterior; staminal ring ca. 8 mm diam., stamens 10-14, inserted in single row around staminal ring. Fruits coniform, markedly triangular in cross section, broadest at apex, gradually tapering to base, 79 (excluding stipe) x 2.8-3.3 cm, with thin stipe to 2.5 cm long, longitudinally striate on exterior, crustaceous but not lenticellate on exterior, ca. 2 mm thick, hard and woody, the calycine ring 7-10 mm below apex, almost plane; operculum plane at apex. Seeds oblong-lanceolate, 5.5-6.5 cm x 1.5 cm, symmetrical.
Discussion:
The bark is used as a fiber and for caulking boats in Brazil.Couratari oblongifolia is related to the C. multiflora complex, but it differs in the smaller flowers with fewer stamens in a single circle, and in the much larger and more woody fruit.Material of Couratari oblongifolia has been much confused with C. coriacea, a species described from an empty fruit only. Gleason and Smith (1934) distributed and discussed recent material of C. oblongifolia under the name C. coriacea. However, a comparison of the Munich type fruit of C. coriacea shows that it represents C. multiflora and not C. olbongifolia, as was suggested by Knuth (1939). The type fruit of C. coriacea is much smaller, thinner, and with a smaller calycine ring than that of C. oblongifolia. In all these features it resembles C. multiflora more than C. oblongifolia.
The bark is used as a fiber and for caulking boats in Brazil.Couratari oblongifolia is related to the C. multiflora complex, but it differs in the smaller flowers with fewer stamens in a single circle, and in the much larger and more woody fruit.Material of Couratari oblongifolia has been much confused with C. coriacea, a species described from an empty fruit only. Gleason and Smith (1934) distributed and discussed recent material of C. oblongifolia under the name C. coriacea. However, a comparison of the Munich type fruit of C. coriacea shows that it represents C. multiflora and not C. olbongifolia, as was suggested by Knuth (1939). The type fruit of C. coriacea is much smaller, thinner, and with a smaller calycine ring than that of C. oblongifolia. In all these features it resembles C. multiflora more than C. oblongifolia.
Distribution:
Guyana South America| Suriname South America| French Guiana South America| Brazil South America| Goiás Brazil South America| Maranhão Brazil South America| Pará Brazil South America| Roraima Brazil South America|
Guyana South America| Suriname South America| French Guiana South America| Brazil South America| Goiás Brazil South America| Maranhão Brazil South America| Pará Brazil South America| Roraima Brazil South America|
Common Names:
wadara, inguipipa, mahot-cigare, Tauarí, tauari branco
wadara, inguipipa, mahot-cigare, Tauarí, tauari branco