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Andira inermis rooseveltii

(Aboranzork, Alemendro, Almendro, Andira Uchi, Andirauchi, Angelim, Angelim-Branco, Angelim-Liso, Angelin Tree, Angelino, Arenillo, Avineira, Bastard Mahogany, Bois Palmiste, Cabbage Bark, Cabbage-Tree, Cabbagebark, Cabbagibark, Caconnier Rouge, Chirai, Cocu, Cuilembuca, Cumaruana, Guacamayo, Guaycamayo, Jumbie Bead, Lombrigueira, Macayo, Maea Colorada, Manga-Brava, Moca, Moca Blanca, Morcegueira, Moza Blanca, Palo De Burro, Palo Maco, Pau-Palmeira, Pilon, Pleasant-Wood, Quilla, Sarinette, Sucurira-De-Varzea, Tobago-Chapermo, Uchi, Uchirana, Umare, Vchirama, West Indian Walnut, Yaba)

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Aboranzork, Alemendro, Almendro, Andira Uchi, Andirauchi, Angelim, Angelim-Branco, Angelim-Liso, Angelin Tree, Angelino, Arenillo, Avineira, Bastard Mahogany, Bois Palmiste, Cabbage Bark, Cabbage-Tree, Cabbagebark, Cabbagibark, Caconnier Rouge, Chirai, Cocu, Cuilembuca, Cumaruana, Guacamayo, Guaycamayo, Jumbie Bead, Lombrigueira, Macayo, Maea Colorada, Manga-Brava, Moca, Moca Blanca, Morcegueira, Moza Blanca, Palo De Burro, Palo Maco, Pau-Palmeira, Pilon, Pleasant-Wood, Quilla, Sarinette, Sucurira-De-Varzea, Tobago-Chapermo, Uchi, Uchirana, Umare, Vchirama, West Indian Walnut, Yaba

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 Faboideae

Mostly herbs, shrubs , or trees . Leaves pinnate or palmate to trifoliolate or apparently simple . Corolla usually, showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal outermost in bud. Stamens 10 or 9 + 1 (diadelphous ), not showy. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) lacking. [Carr]

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Andira grandiflora Guillemin & Perrottet
  2. Andira inermis rooseveltii (De Wild.) Polhill
  3. Andira inermis subsp. rooseveltii (De Wild.) J. B. Gillett ex Polhill
  4. Andira jamaicensis (Wright)Urban
  5. Geoffroea inermis (Wright)Wright
  6. Geoffroea jamaicensis var. inermis Wright
  7. Millettia rooseveltii

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Place of publication : Kew Bull . 23:490. 1969

Name verified on 29-Mar-2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Andira

There are approximately 87 species in this genus:

A. acuminata · A. anthelmia (Angelim-Coco) · A. fraxinifolia · A. anthelminthica · A. anthelminthica var. acuminata · A. anthelminthica var. ormosioides · A. bahiensis (Angelim) · A. carvalhoi · A. chigorodensis · A. chiricana · A. cordata (Grao De Galo) · A. coriacea · A. cubensis · A. cuiabensis (Angelim) · A. cujabensis · A. cuyabensis · A. excelsa · A. fraxinifolia (Angelim-De-Folha-Grande) · A. fraxinifolia var. fraxinifolia · A. fraxinifolia var. lanceata · A. fraxinifolia var. latifoliolata · A. fraxinifolia var. rosea · A. frondosa (Angelim-Preto) · A. frondosa var. frondosa · A. frondosa var. longifoliolata · A. gabonica · A. galeottiana · A. grandistipula · A. handroana · A. harfieldii · A. humilis glabricalyx · A. inermis (Aboranzork) · A. inermis 'Angelin' · A. inermis glabricalyx · A. inermis grandiflora · A. inermis inermis · A. inermis rooseveltii (Aboranzork) · A. inermis subsp. glabricalyx · A. inermis var. riedelii · A. jaliscensis · A. kuhlmannii · A. landroana · A. laurifolia · A. laurifolia var. cordata · A. laurifolia var. laurifolia · A. legalis (Angelim-Coco) · A. macrothyrsa · A. marauensis · A. micans · A. micrantha · A. microcarpa · A. multistipula · A. multistipula var. multistipula · A. multistipula var. peruana · A. multistipulata · A. multistipulata var. peruana · A. nitida · A. oblonga · A. ormosioides (Angelim-Pedra) · A. paniculata (Angelim) · A. parviflora (Acupu Rana) · A. parvifolia (Angelim) · A. pernambucensis · A. pisonis (Angelim-Branco) · A. pisonis var. emarginata · A. pisonis var. pisonis · A. pisonis var. puberula · A. praecox · A. racemosa · A. retusa var. laurifolia · A. retusa var. paraguariensis · A. retusa var. surinamensis · A. riparia · A. rosea · A. sapindoides · A. skolemora · A. sp · A. spectabilis · A. spinulosa · A. surinamensis (Angelim) · A. surinamensis var. ovatifoliolata · A. surinamensis var. surinamensis · A. trifoliolata · A. unifoliolata · A. vermifuga (Amargoso) · A. villosa · A. zehntneri (Sucupira-Preta)

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Last Revised: 2008-08-23