Calophyllum antillanum

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

The leaves were once used as a diuretic in Grenada, but it is said in Dominica to be poisonous (Politi, 1996). Famous hard wood . Very long lasting hut construction.

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Genus Calophyllum

Trees or shrubs , with clear [or milky or yellow] latex. Apical buds rarely abortive ; buds lacking (or with) scales . Leaves opposite, petiolate [or rarely sessile], leathery, usually glabrous ; secondary veins many, almost perpendicular to midvein , ± prominent above; tertiary venation absent; translucent glandular canals present between veins. Inflorescence cymose or thyrsiform, terminal or axillary . Flowers bisexual [or rarely unisexual ]. Sepals and petals together 4-12 (usually 4 + 4 in Chinese species), 2- or 3-whorled, not always differentiated, outer (sepals) decussate, inner (petals) imbricate. Stamens many, not obviously fascicled; filaments scarcely united or all free , slender; anthers erect , basifixed ; fasciclodes absent. Ovary 1-loculed, glabrous [tomentose ], with a single erect ovule; style elongate , slender; stigma often peltate. Drupelike berry with thin exocarp ("skin"), thin fleshy mesocarp and thin endocarp sometimes adherent to seed. Seed 1, large, with thin [or thick] testa ("stone") ; embryo with broad fleshy cotyledons.

About 187 species: tropical regions , mainly in Asia, but also in E Africa, tropical America, Madagascar, the Mascarenes, and Australasia; four species in China.[1]

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 8.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Calophyllum brasiliense var. antillanum Standl. • Calophyllum brasiliense auct. non Camb. • Calophyllum brasiliense var. antillanum (Britt.) Standl. • Calophyllum calaba Jacq.

Notes

Publishing author : Britton Publication : Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 5: 584 1924

Similar Species

Members of the genus Calophyllum

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

C. antillanum (Alexandrian Laurel) · C. cholobtaches (Calophyllum) · C. inophyllum (Alexandrian Laurel) · C. inophyllum 'Albo Variegata' (Asian Beautyleaf)

More Info

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Further Reading

• An annotated catalogue of types of the University of Illinois mycological collections (ILL) / Urbana: University of Illinois Press, c1997. url p. 157, p. 331.
• Archaeological investigations in the southern Cayo district, British Honduras / by J. Eric Thompson, Assistant Curator of Central and South American Archaeology. First and second Marshall Field archaeological expeditions to British Honduras. 28 plates in photogravure, 21 text-fig Chicago, 1931. url p. 227.
• The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: the Americas IUCN url p. 123.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed June 18, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Dec 27, 2011.
• The Virtual Field Herbarium.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 26, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

• Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Virtual Herbarium Darwin Core format
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2665908
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-501152
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13758377
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:427095-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 8626
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 501152
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 42745-2
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDCLU01060
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: CABR27
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 26277

Footnotes

1. Xi-wen Li, Jie Li & Peter Stevens "Calophyllum". in Flora of China Vol. 13 Page 1, 38. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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