Cariniana legalis
| Cariniana legalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Lecythidaceae |
| Genus: | Cariniana |
| Species: | C. legalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cariniana legalis (Martius) Kuntze
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Cariniana legalis is a species of emergent rainforest tree in the Monkeypot family Lecythidaceae. It is found in the Atlantic forest of south-eastern Brazil, where is known as jequitibá-branco or jequitibá-rosa, and possibly found in Colombia, and Venezuela. These trees can be very large. A C. legalis measured by botanical explorer David Fairchild was 62 feet (19 meters) in circumference with no buttresses at six feet (two meters) above ground.[2]
One of the biggest trees in the Atlantic Forest, there are some old trees in Santa Rita do Passa Quatro and near Petrópolis. One of these trees is more than 3 000 years old.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
[edit]- ^ Americas Regional Workshop (1998). "Cariniana legalis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998. Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Costa Rica, November 1996. IUCN: e.T34747A9887065. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T34747A9887065.en. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ Fairchild, David G. (May 1901). "Coffee Growing in Brazil and the Giant Jequitiba Trees". Botanical Gazette. 31 (5): 353–354.
Gallery
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Jequitibá-rosa in the Botanical Garden of São Paulo. -
Same tree, from another angle. -
Jequitibá-rosa in the Aclimação Park, São Paulo. -
Giant Jequitibá-rosa estimated to be 3000 years old, in the Vassununga State Park, Santa Rita do Passa Quatro. -
Canopy of the same tree in Vassununga State Park.
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