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Abarema jupunba

Description

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Family Mimosaceae

The Mimosaceae are mostly tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs comprising about 40 genera and 2,000 species. The leaves are nearly always alternate, stipulate , and bipinnately compound (rarely once-pinnate) They usually have swollen petiole bases called pulvini that commonly function in orientation of the leaves (remember the sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica). The inflorescence is commonly a capitulum (also called a head ). The flowers are hypogynous to slightly perigynous, have radial symmetry, petals that are valvate in bud, and commonly a 5-parted calyx and corolla. The stamens are distinct to strongly monadelphous , numerous (rarely as few as 10), and are generally more showy than the perianth. The pistil is simple , comprising a single style and stigma, and a superior ovary with 2-many marginal ovules in a solitary locule. The fruit is usually a legume. -- Gerald Carr

Physical Description

Species Abarema jupunba

Tree to 30m with umbrella crown; 2-4 (rarely 6) pairs oinnae with 3-12 pairs leaflets , each 8-25mm long (or up to 6cm long on shade leaves and saplings ), with a round gland between each pair pinnae, Flower heads umbrella-like brushes, or hemispherical, pinkish and white. Pod rolled round, slightly constricted between the seeds. c. 8cm x0.8-1.5cm if unrolled.

Habit: Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,936 meters (0 to 16,194 feet).[1]

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Abarema trapezifolia (Vahl)pittier
  2. Acacia jupunba Willd.
  3. Feuilleea Jupumba
  4. Feuilleea jupumba (Willd.) Kuntze
  5. Inga trapezifolia /i> (Vahl)dc.
  6. Jupunba Jupunba
  7. Jupunba jupunba (Willd.) Britton & Rose
  8. Jupunba trapezifolia (Vahl)moldenke
  9. Mimosa trapezifolia Vahl
  10. Pithecellobium jupunba (Willd.)urb.
  11. Pithecellobium trapezifolium (Vahl)benth.

Notes

Publishing author : Willd. Publication : Sp. Pl. iv . 1067 Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Barneby R.C., Grimes J.W. (Monograph 1996/97), May-2001

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Abarema

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 93 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

A. abbottii · A. acreana (Zopilocuavo) · A. adenophora · A. adenophorum · A. agropecuaria · A. alexandri (Tamarind Shadbark) · A. alexandri var. alexandri · A. alexandri var. troyana · A. angulata · A. asplenifolia · A. aspleniifolia · A. auriculata (Pashaquilla) · A. barbouriana · A. barbouriana var. arenaria · A. barbouriana var. barbouriana · A. bigemina · A. borneensis · A. brachystachya · A. callejasii · A. campestris · A. centiflora · A. clypearia · A. cochleata · A. cochleata var. cochleata (Inga De Lagarta) · A. cochleata var. moniliformis · A. cochliacarpos · A. cochliocarpos · A. commutata (Ercey-Euru-Yek) · A. cordifolia · A. curvicarpa · A. curvicarpa var. curvicarpa · A. curvicarpa var. rodriguesii · A. cyclosperma · A. dypearia · A. ferruginea · A. filamentosa · A. floribunda · A. gallorum · A. ganymedea · A. glauca · A. globosa · A. glomeriflora · A. grandiflora · A. idiopoda · A. josephi · A. josephii · A. jupunba · A. jupunba (Willd.) Britton & Killip var. trapezifolia (Vahl) Barneby & J.W.Grime · A. jupunba var. jupunba · A. jupunba var. trapezifolia · A. killipii · A. kinabaluensis · A. laeta · A. langsdorffii · A. langsdorfii · A. lehmanii · A. lehmannii · A. leucophylla · A. leucophylla var. leucophylla · A. leucophylla var. vaupesensis · A. levelii · A. longipedunculata · A. lovellae · A. macradenia · A. maestrensis · A. mataybifolia · A. microcaly · A. microcalyx · A. microcalyx var. enterolobioides · A. microcalyx var. microcalyx · A. microcalyx var. parauaquarae · A. microcarpa · A. muellerana · A. nipensis · A. obovalis · A. obovata · A. oppositifolia · A. oxyphillidia · A. oxyphyllidia · A. piresii · A. pruinosa · A. quocensis · A. racemiflora · A. racmosa · A. ricoae · A. robinsonii · A. sapindoides · A. scutifera · A. trichophylla · A. turbinata · A. villifera · A. yunnanensis · A. zollerana

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

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Footnotes

  1. Mean = 484.150 meters (1,588.419 feet), Standard Deviation = 656.680 based on 171 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 2009-07-02