Abarema jupunba Britton & Killip

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Abarema

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen tree. It grows 20m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 20.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Rainforests, usually in areas not subject to inundation. Rain, marsh and savannah forests.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use Dysentery (unspecified), Soap (unspecified), Piscicide (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs scarification.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 7 - 56
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment scarification
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

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Distribution

Abarema jupunba world distribution map, present in American Samoa, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Abarema jupunba threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1177667-2
WFO ID wfo-0000171294
COL ID 8JCP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630943
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Synonyms

Pithecellobium jupunba Pithecellobium micradenium Acacia jupunba Jupunba trapezifolia Mimosa jupunba Pithecellobium brongniartii Jupunba jupunba Feuilleea jupumba Feuilleea jupunba Feuilleea micradenia Abarema jupunba var. jupunba Abarema jupunba

Lower taxons

Abarema jupunba var. trapezifolia