Centrolobium paraense Tul.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Centrolobium

Characteristics

The samaroid fruits are some 20 cm. long, with a basal globular seed-bearing part covered in long spines and a large oblong-falcate wing, from which the style-base arises in the form of a spur from the upper side near the base.. The flowers resemble those of Pterocarpus.. The large leaflets have conspicuous glands beneath.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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

Rainforest.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material timber 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 -

Distribution

Centrolobium paraense world distribution map, present in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, India, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:485534-1
WFO ID wfo-0000171654
COL ID 69HW5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 733694
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Synonyms

Centrolobium orenocense Centrolobium patinense Centrolobium paraense Centrolobium paraense var. orenocense Centrolobium paraense var. paraense