Cassipourea guianensis Aubl.

Goatwood (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Rhizophoraceae > Cassipourea

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen tree. It grows 5m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 5.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Wet forest, from sea level up to some 2,000 metres.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Cassipourea guianensis habit picture by D. Frame (cc-by-sa)
Cassipourea guianensis habit picture by D. Frame (cc-by-sa)
Cassipourea guianensis habit picture by D. Frame (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Cassipourea guianensis leaf picture by Jean-François Molino (cc-by-sa)
Cassipourea guianensis leaf picture by Jean-François Molino (cc-by-sa)
Cassipourea guianensis leaf picture by Jean-François Molino (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Cassipourea guianensis world distribution map, present in Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Guatemala, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Saint Lucia, Mexico, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Cassipourea guianensis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:719636-1
WFO ID wfo-0000589631
COL ID RNB5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 629279
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Cassipourea macrophylla Cassipourea quadrilocularis Legnotis macrophylla Legnotis cassipaurea Cassipourea broadwayi Cassipourea latifolia Cassipourea serrata Cassipourea elliptica var. latifolia Cassipourea elliptica var. psilogyna Cassipourea guianensis var. serrata Cassipourea guianensis var. trichopoda Cassipourea elliptica var. alba Cassipourea guianensis

Lower taxons

Cassipourea guianensis var. psilogyne