Monographs Details:
Authority:
Cowan, Richard S. 1967. Swartzia (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae Swartzieae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 1: 3-228. (Published by NYBG Press)
Cowan, Richard S. 1967. Swartzia (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae Swartzieae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 1: 3-228. (Published by NYBG Press)
Family:
Fabaceae
Fabaceae
Synonyms:
Swartzia psilonema Harms
Swartzia psilonema Harms
Description:
Description - Tree 15 m tall, the trunk 6 dm diameter; leaf rachis with a wing to 3 mm wide, the leaflets rounded and usually more or less retuse apically; axis of inflorescence strigulose to tomentose, the buds usually strigulose; filaments of the 2-4 larger stamens glabrous; gynoecium sometimes bipistillate, sericeous, the hairs short and strictly appressed; fruit 7.5-11.5 cm long, 5-6.5 cm wide, densely cinnamon-brown-strigulose, glabrescent, verruculose, never costulate transversely, 1-3-seeded, the seeds rounded in outline, ca 3 cm diameter, the aril fleshy.
Description - Tree 15 m tall, the trunk 6 dm diameter; leaf rachis with a wing to 3 mm wide, the leaflets rounded and usually more or less retuse apically; axis of inflorescence strigulose to tomentose, the buds usually strigulose; filaments of the 2-4 larger stamens glabrous; gynoecium sometimes bipistillate, sericeous, the hairs short and strictly appressed; fruit 7.5-11.5 cm long, 5-6.5 cm wide, densely cinnamon-brown-strigulose, glabrescent, verruculose, never costulate transversely, 1-3-seeded, the seeds rounded in outline, ca 3 cm diameter, the aril fleshy.
Distribution:
Brazil South America| Pará Brazil South America| Maranhão Brazil South America| Ceará Brazil South America| Bahia Brazil South America| Minas Gerais Brazil South America| Piauí Brazil South America|
Brazil South America| Pará Brazil South America| Maranhão Brazil South America| Ceará Brazil South America| Bahia Brazil South America| Minas Gerais Brazil South America| Piauí Brazil South America|
Common Names:
Banha degalinha, jacaranda
Banha degalinha, jacaranda