Filed As:
Mimosaceae
Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth.
Mimosaceae
Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth.
Common Names:
Macotchuni
Macotchuni
Location:
Mexico. Sonora. Álamos Mun. Chimatopo, ca. 0.5 km upriver from ranch house, E bank of Río Mayo upriver from Mesa Colorado. Alt. 155 m. (509 ft.)
Mexico. Sonora. Álamos Mun. Chimatopo, ca. 0.5 km upriver from ranch house, E bank of Río Mayo upriver from Mesa Colorado. Alt. 155 m. (509 ft.)
Description:
Trees to ca.20+ m. tall; bark gray, rather smooth with broad transverse ridges formed of persisitent paired stipular spines, with age the bark fissured, checkered and exfoliating in thick pieces; crowns dense with new foliage; seedlings abundant but saplings apparently eliminated by cattle. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.
Trees to ca.20+ m. tall; bark gray, rather smooth with broad transverse ridges formed of persisitent paired stipular spines, with age the bark fissured, checkered and exfoliating in thick pieces; crowns dense with new foliage; seedlings abundant but saplings apparently eliminated by cattle. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.
Habitat:
Riverbank floodplain with silty-sand soil. Riparian tropical deciduous forest. Grove of several hundred large P. dulce trees.
Riverbank floodplain with silty-sand soil. Riparian tropical deciduous forest. Grove of several hundred large P. dulce trees.
Feature Notes:
The older, mostly dead or dying trees said to date from a flood in 1952, and the present large, healthy trees forming almost all of the grove said to result from a flood in the 1970's.
The older, mostly dead or dying trees said to date from a flood in 1952, and the present large, healthy trees forming almost all of the grove said to result from a flood in the 1970's.
Other:
Specimen Notes: Origen: Herbarium of Arizona State University. The older, mostly dead or dying trees said to date from a flood in 1952, and the present large, healthy trees forming almost all of the grove said to result from a flood in the 1970s.
Specimen Notes: Origen: Herbarium of Arizona State University. The older, mostly dead or dying trees said to date from a flood in 1952, and the present large, healthy trees forming almost all of the grove said to result from a flood in the 1970s.
Identifiers:
NY Barcode: 00551740
GUID: 9cbf8363-b41b-4a98-8502-794385274523
NY Barcode: 00551740
GUID: 9cbf8363-b41b-4a98-8502-794385274523
Map:
Coordinates: (27.6653, -108.869)
Coordinates: (27.6653, -108.869)