Hymenaea courbaril L.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Maranhão

• County/Municipio

  Codó Mun.

• Locality

  Fazenda Canto da Roca. Near the farm House

• Coordinates

  -4.5, -43.9

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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FLORA OF BRAZIL
State of Maranhao
NEW YORK BOTANICAL OAR_DEN
Caesalpiniaceae
Hymenaea courbaril L.
Fazenda Canto da Roca, Codo
Lat. 4°30T)"S. Long. 43°54V"W.
(1400 mm pluviosity per year, dry season from August to October). ,
Several vegetation types mixed in a mosaic-like fashion. "Chapada", light and
open forest with trees 10-25 m tall, on sandy soil. Prominent tree species:
Tapiria guianensis ("Pau Pombo"), Astronium fraxinifolium ("Goncalo Alves),
Tetragastris altissima ("Amescla"), Caryocar sp. ("Piqui"), Tabebuia sp. ("Pau
d'Arco"), "Pau Chapada". "Cerrado (called "Campo" in this region), lower trees,
more open vegetation with grassy groundlayer, on sandy soil: Qualea grandiflora
("Pau Terra"), Curatella americana ("Lixa"), Dimozphandra sp. ("Faveira"),
Platonia insignis ("Bacuri"), Parkia sp., Annona coriacea and several species of
Byrsonima ("Murici"). "Babassu forest" with Orbignya martiana and O. eichleri
palms. "Tabuleiro", grassy fields on clayed soil, inundated during the rainy
season, covered by low herbaceous vegetation. On patches with raised soil
platform "islands" of shrubby or forest- like vegetation with elements from all
surrounding vegetation types are occurring. Along the water course and around
the small headwater lagoons tall "Buriti palms” (Mauritia flexuosa) grow, and in
open swampy places with grases and sedges, Araceae (Caladium sp. and others)
occur. This stand: "Chapada". Near the farm House.
Vernacular name; Jatobd. Tree, 5 m tall, flowering. The large white flowers
open from 6 o'clock pan. on. Large and smaller bats visit the flowers during the
night.
00979304
leg.: Gottsberger I.& G.
no.: 31-23282
dupl.:
ULM, data recorded in SysTax
date: Feb 23, 1982
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