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Dimorphandra macrostachya

(Arara-Branca, Avargai, Ha-Wa-Kai-Yek, Manariballi, Rabo-De-Arara, Zapatilla)

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Arara-Branca, Arari£ba, Atan, Avargai, Ha-Wa-Kai-Yek, Manariballi, Rabo-De-Arara, Zapatilla

Common Names in Spanish:

Zapatilla

Description

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Family Fabaceae

The Fabaceae are herbs, vines , shrubs , trees , and lianas found in both temperate and tropical areas. They comprise one of the largest families of flowering plants , numbering 630 genera and 18,000 species. The leaves are stipulate , nearly always alternate, and range from bipinnately or palmately compound to simple . The petiole base is commonly enlarged into a pulvinus that commonly functions in orientation of the leaves (sometimes very responsively, as in the sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica). The flowers are usually bisexual , actinomorphic to zygomorphic, slightly to strongly perigynous, and commonly in racemes , spikes, or heads . The perianth commonly consists of a calyx and corolla of 5 segments each. The androecium consists of commonly 1- many stamens (most commonly 10), distinct or variously united , sometimes some of them reduced to staminodes. The pistil is simple, often stipitate , comprising a single style and stigma, and a superior ovary with one locule containing 2-many marginal ovules. The fruit is usually a legume, sometimes a samara, loment, follicle, indehiscent pod, achene, drupe, or berry. The seeds often have a hard coat with hourglass-shaped cells , and sometimes bear a u-shaped line called a pleurogram. [Carr]

Subfamily Caesalpinioideae

Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly pinnate, sometimes bipinnate, rarely apparently simple . Corolla usually showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal innermost in bud. Stamens 10 or fewer, distinct , usually not showy, some commonly reduced to staminodes. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) usually lacking. [Carr]

Physical Description

Habit: Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

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Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Zarucchi J.L., 1993

Place of publication : J. Bot. (Hooker) 2(10):101-102. 1840

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Dimorphandra

There are approximately 41 species in this genus:

D. campinarum · D. caudata (Sucupira) · D. coccinea · D. conjugata (Akajoeran) · D. cuprea (Arepillo) · D. cuprea cuprea · D. cuprea ferruginea · D. cuprea subsp. ferruginea · D. cuprea subsp. velutina · D. cuprea velutina (Arepillo) · D. davisii (Caraota) · D. dissimilis · D. ekmanii · D. exaltata (Cereja-Do-Brasil) · D. ferruginea · D. gardneriana (Barba Timao) · D. gigantea · D. ignea · D. jorgei (Angelim Vermelho) · D. loretensis · D. macrostachya (Arara-Branca) · D. macrostachya congestiflora (Arara-Branca) · D. macrostachya glabrifolia · D. macrostachya macrostachya · D. macrostachya subsp. congestiflora · D. macrostachya subsp. glabrifolia · D. mediocris · D. mollis (Angiquinho) · D. multiflora · D. paraensis var. rufa · D. parviflora (Fava-Uim) · D. pennigera (Fava-Pombo) · D. pinnigera · D. polyandra (Awariechoedoe) · D. pullei (Fava-Uim-Amarela) · D. rufa · D. unijuga · D. urubuensis · D. vernicosa (Faveira) · D. williamii · D. wilsonii (Enche-Cangalha)

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Data Sources

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Last Revised: August 24, 2008