Swartzia arborescens (Aubl.) Pittier

Species

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Characteristics

Tree to 10 m., branchlets glabrous to pubescent. Leaves glabrous, 1-to 3-foliolate; stipules setaceous; petiole with rachis 1-4 cm. long; rachis narrowly winged, auriculate at least at articulation of terminal leaflet; leaflets ovate to ovate-elliptic, rounded or cuneate at the base, obtusely short-acuminate, subcoriaceous, lustrous, the terminal leaflet 5-10 cm. long. Inflorescence axillary or terminal; the short slender, glabrous peduncles with 2-4 flowers; pedicels filiform, 1-1.5 cm. long; bracts small, setaceous; buds glabrous, subglobose, hardly 4 mm. in diameter. Flowers 1-petalate; petal orbicular, unguiculate, a little longer than the calyx; stamens 18-20, almost all equal, twice longer than the calyx; anthers ovate; ovary stipitate, narrow, glabrous, 5-to 6-ovulate, attenuate to a short style; stipe a little shorter than the calyx. Legume short-stipitate, obliquely ovoid, long-acuminate, 4-5 cm. long, thick and carnose; seed obliquely ovoid, the aril lacerate.
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A tree. It grows 10 m tall. The leaves have 1-3 leaflets. The end leaflets is 5-10 cm long. The fruit is a pod 4-5 cm long. The seeds are oval and at an angle.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 10.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Open patches in fairly dense, flood-free forest at elevations around 120 metres.
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It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal poison wood
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

Leaf

Swartzia arborescens leaf picture by Lisa Moreno (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Swartzia arborescens world distribution map, present in American Samoa, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Swartzia arborescens threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:519836-1
WFO ID wfo-0000164095
COL ID 53JB6
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 733779
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Synonyms

Swartzia rariflora Swartzia triphyllata Tounatea arborescens Tunatea arborescens Rittera dodecandra Swartzia parviflora Tounatea dodecandra Possira arborescens Swartzia bifida Possira dodecandra Swartzia triphylla Rittera triphylla Deguelia arborescens Rittera triphylla Tunatea dodecandra Possira triphylla Swartzia dodecandra Swartzia arborescens