Schnella guianensis (Aubl.) Wunderlin

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Schnella

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite shrub. It grows 15m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 15.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Upland rain forests, especially in secondary forests and marsh forests along water courses.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Amenorrhea (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Depurative (unspecified), Eczema (unspecified), Flu (unspecified), Hypertension (unspecified), Scorpion (unspecified), Venereal (unspecified), Yaws (unspecified)
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

Leaf

Schnella guianensis leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Schnella guianensis leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Schnella guianensis leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Flower

Schnella guianensis flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Schnella guianensis flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Schnella guianensis flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Fruit

Schnella guianensis fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Schnella guianensis fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Schnella guianensis world distribution map, present in American Samoa, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, Ghana, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Singapore, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77111925-1
WFO ID wfo-0001039685
COL ID L42G
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 845181
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Bauhinia sericella Bauhinia excisa Bauhinia manca Bauhinia obovata Bauhinia guianensis Bauhinia chrysophylla Bauhinia speciosa Schnella excisa Schnella obovata Phanera guianensis Schnella bicomata Bauhinia speciosa Bauhinia guianensis var. guianensis Bauhinia guianensis Schnella guianensis

Lower taxons

Schnella guianensis var. splendens