Paubrasilia echinata (Lam.) Gagnon, H.C.Lima & G.P.Lewis

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Espírito Santo

• County/Municipio

  Linhares Mun.

• Locality

  Reserva Biologica de Sooretama, oeste de BR-101, norte de Linhares

• Coordinates

  -19, -40

• Distribution

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Caesalpinla echinata Lam.
vernacular name: *Pau brasII'.
BRAZIL: estado de Espirito Santo, Reserva
Biologlca de Sooretama, oeste de BR101,
norte de Linhares, ca. 40°W, 19°S.
CULTIVATED.
Tree Co 15m, DBH 40cm, elegant rounded
crown with lower branches 2m from ground.
Bark greyish, rough, flaking in chunky
blocks to reveal orangish-brown under bark.
No spines on trunk and most branches also
spineless but a few spine-tipped warty
growths on regrowth branches. Tree at
least 20 (and probably 30—40 years old),
said to flower and commence fruiting in
November-December. Leaflets much larger
than normal for the species, deep glossy
green. Some old, dehisced fruit still on
tree but most collected from the ground,
some seedlings in area. Blood red resin
exuded from cut branches & trunk
(photograph).
Spirit & fruit material separate.
G.P. Lewis 1635 with H.C. de Lima,
J.C. Gomes & L.M.M. Mor3o	14 May 1987
EX HERB. HORT. BOT. REG. KEW.
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