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Taxon:
Couroupita guianensis
Aubl.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Couroupita
Family:
Lecythidaceae
Subfamily:
Lecythidoideae
Nomen number:
11869
Place of publication:
Hist. pl. Guiane 708, t. 282. 1775
Verified:
11/23/1994
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Fouché, J.-G.
1999. pers. comm.
Note:
re. French common names
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
IPGRI.
New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/databases/new_world_fruits_database/search.html
Mori, S. A. & G. T. Prance.
1990. Lecythidaceae - Part II. The zygomorphic-flowered New World genera (
Couroupita
,
Corythophora
,
Bertholletia
,
Couratari
,
Eschweilera
, &
Lecythis
). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 21(2):95-103.
URL:
http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/
Mori, S. A. et al.
Lecythidaceae pages (on-line resource).
URL:
http://sweetgum.nybg.org/lp/taxon.php?irn=133473
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Common names
English
cannonball-tree –
Reference(s)
French
arbre à boulet de canon –
Reference(s)
German
Kanonenkugelbaum –
Reference(s)
Spanish
bala de cañon –
Reference(s)
bola de cañon –
Reference(s)
Swedish
kanonkuleträd –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Acre
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Amazonas
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Pará
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Costa Rica
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Panama
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
French Guiana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Guyana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Suriname
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
2
Cultivated
widely cult. in tropics & subtropics
Native
Southern America
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica
,
Panama
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana
,
Guyana
,
Suriname
,
Venezuela
BRAZIL:
Brazil
[Acre, Amazonas, Pará]
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
Cultivated
(widely cult. in tropics & subtropics)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Name
References