Swartzia panacoco (Aubl.) R.S.Cowan
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Authority
Cowan, Richard S. 1967. Swartzia (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae Swartzieae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 1: 3-228. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Fabaceae
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Scientific Name
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Synonyms
Robinia panacoco (Aubl.) Aubl.
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Description
Description - Tree with velutinous to tomentose obviously costate branchlets; stipules semicircular to oblate, caducous to deciduous; petioles terete, tomentose, strigulose, or velutinous, the rachis terete or inconspicuously marginate, tomentose, strigulose, or velutinous; leaflets 3-6-jugate, the blades coriaceous to rigid-coriaceous, pubescent beneath, the basal pair smallest and often differently shaped; inflorescences usually cauligerous to ramuligerous, rarely axillary, the axis densely pubescent, the bracts usually persistent, oblong to rounded, the bracteoles lacking; buds globose to oval in outline; calyx segments usually persistent, coriaceous; petal yellow; stamens glabrous to pubescent; gynoecium glabrous to pubescent, the ovary narrowly elliptic, the style elongate, more than half as long as the ovary to equally long; fruit woody, flattened laterally, usually obliquely ridged, 1- to few-seeded.
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Distribution
(Fig. 4). Lowland primary rain forest, up to 500 m alt., from southeastern Venezuela to the vicinity of Manáos, Brazil, and through Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana to the mouth of the Amazon.
Venezuela South America| Brazil South America| Guyana South America| French Guiana South America| Suriname South America|