Taxon:
Handroanthus heptaphyllus (Vell.) Mattos
Summary
Place of publication:
Loefgrenia 50:2. 1970
Verified:
04/02/2008
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
ipê-roxo – Spanish
lapacho negro –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Bahia | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Espírito Santo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Mato Grosso | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Minas Gerais | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Paraná | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rio Grande do Sul | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Santa Catarina | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | São Paulo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | n. |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | e. |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Bahia, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo]
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia (e.)
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina (n.), Paraguay
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | as Tabebuia heptaphylla | Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):190-193. URL: http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/ |
Materials | wood | main source of timber in Paraguay, as Tabebuia heptaphylla | Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):190-193. URL: http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/ |
Medicines | folklore | contains lapachol and related compounds fide F Neotrop 25(2):193. 1992, as Tabebuia heptaphylla | Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):190-193. URL: http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/ |