Hymenaea

  • Filed As

    Caesalpiniaceae
    Hymenaea

  • Collector(s)

    G. P. Lewis 1882 with S. M. M. de Andrade, 25 Mar 1991

  • Location

    Brazil. Bahia. 10 km S of Livramento do Brumado on road to Brumado.

  • Habitat

    Picada from smallholding on left of road leading to quartzite outcrop. Sandy banks of stream by man-made weir. Caatinga. Locally common.

  • Description

    Largem elegant riverside tree to 15 m. x 60 cm. [See label for further plant description.]. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 01045972

    Occurrence ID: 22062233-f168-4975-8e49-f6b0fbadcf87

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Fabales

  • Family

    Fabaceae

  • All Determinations

    Hymenaea

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Bahia

  • Locality

    10 km S of Livramento do Brumado on road to Brumado

  • Coordinates

    -13.72, -41.83

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SEE FRUIT COLLECTION
EX HERB. HORT. BOT. REG. KEW.
Hymenaea ^oriogyn^r
BRAZIL: Bahia: 10 km S of Livramento do
Brumado on road to Brumado. Picada from
smallholding on left of road leading to
quartzite outcrop. Sandy banks of
stream by man-made weir.
C.41°50'W, 13°43'S
Surrounding vegetation: caatinga.
Locally common, large, elegant riverside
tree to 15 m x 60 cm; bark pale grey,
smoothish, appearing almost corky and
swollen like a fat-person's leg.
Regular branching from 1.5 m upwards;
leaflets bottle green; young leaflets
and particularly sapling growth much
larger than mature leaflets. Seeds dark
red, very hard, retained within mesocarp
until it is black and rotten and exocarp
degenerates. Wood very hard.
Wood sample, fruit & seed separate,
photographs
G.P. Lewis & S.M.M. de Andrade 1882
DUPLS.: CEPEC
25.3.1991
01045972