Prioria copaifera Griseb.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Prioria

Characteristics

Trees up to 40 m. high, with spreading crown and large trunk. Leaves 4-(2)-foliolate; petioles about 1-2 cm. long, basally callous-rugose; leaflets elliptic-lanceolate, 6-16 cm. long, 4-8 cm. wide, rounded-obtuse and somewhat unequal basally, bluntly short-acuminate apically; rachis 2-5 cm. long; petiolules 2-6 mm. long. Inflorescence a panicle of many flower-bearing spikes each up to 10 cm. long. Flowers white-yellow, basally bibracteate; bracts broadly orbicular, about 1.5 mm. long, ensheathing the disciferous part of the calyx, often lobed and simulating a calyx; sepals scarious-margined, ciliate, about 2.5 mm. long; petals lacking; stamens 10, about 5 mm. long; filaments basally and internally lightly lanose; anthers or-
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A tall tree. The trunk is straight and does not have buttresses. It usually only has branches high up. It grows 50 m tall. The crown is dense. The leaves have 4 leaflets that are unequal on either side. They are shiny on top. The flowers are small and white. They are on long stalks. The fruit are flat, round, brown pods. They are curved in on one side. They have one large seed.
bicular, biloctular, loculi markedly separated by the connective; ovary subsessile, lightly lanose marginally, with a short attenuate style and inconspicuous stigma. Legume suborbicular, up to 10 cm. long and almost as wide, prominently veined, verrucose, lepidote at least in youth; single seed large, flat, almost filling the pod.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 40.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A canopy tree of rainforests, often found in swampy ground. Found mainly along the margins of rivers and swamps, especially the inland side of mangrove swamps, it can form nearly pure stands in flooded areas.
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A tropical plant. It grows in swamp forest. It is often just above the mangroves.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The embryos of the large seeds are eaten.
Uses gum material medicinal oil wood
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use Maggot (unspecified), Mange (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Venereal (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Prioria copaifera world distribution map, present in Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and Panama

Conservation status

Prioria copaifera threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:515766-1
WFO ID wfo-0000175492
COL ID 4MHHB
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Synonyms

Prioria copaifera