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Dipteryx odorata

(Coumarou, Cumaru, Cumaru Verdadeiro, Dutch Tonka Bean, Gaiac, Guayac, Karapa Bossi, Katoelimia, Koemaroe, Muirapaye, Rumara, Sarrapia, Taquin Butter, Tonka, Tonka Bean, Tonka-Bohnen, Tonquin, Tonquin Bean)

Common Names

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Common Names in Creoles and Pidgins,:

Coumarou

Common Names in Czech:

Silovoň, Silovoň Obecný, Tonco Semen

Common Names in Danish:

Tonkabønne

Common Names in Dutch:

Tonkaboon

Common Names in English:

Coumarou, Cumaru, Cumaru Verdadeiro, Dutch Tonka Bean, Dutch Tonka-Bean, Gaiac, Guayac, Karapa Bossi, Katoelimia, Koemaroe, Muirapaye, Rumara, Sarrapia, Taquin Butter, Tonco Bean, Tonga-Bean, Tonka, Tonka Bean, Tonka-Bean, Tonka-Bohnen, Tonquin, Tonquin Bean

Common Names in Estonian:

Lõhnav Dipteeriks, Tonkaoa Puu

Common Names in Finnish:

Tonkapapu

Common Names in French:

Coumaron, Fève Tonka, Fèves De Tonka

Common Names in German:

Tonkabohne, Tonkabohnenbaum

Common Names in Hungarian:

Tonkabab

Common Names in Italian:

Fava Tonka

Common Names in Japanese:

クマル, トンカビーンズ, Kumaru, Tonkabinzu

Common Names in Japanese Translitera:

Ku-Ma-Ru, To-N-Ka-Bi--N-Zu

Common Names in Korean:

톤카, 통카 빈, Ton-Ka, Tong-Ka Bin, Tonga, Tongga Bin

Common Names in Latvian:

Tonkas Pupiņas

Common Names in Lithuanian:

Kvapioji Tongapupė

Common Names in Polish:

Tonkowiec Wonny

Common Names in Portuguese:

Cumaru, Cumaru-De-Cheiro, Cumaru-Do-Amazonas, Cumaru-Verdadeiro, Cumarurana, Cumaruzeiro

Common Names in Russian:

Bob Tonka, Боб тонка

Common Names in Slovak:

Tonková Fazula

Common Names in Spanish:

Haba Tonka, Sarrapia, Tonka

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]

Physical Description

Habit: Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,936 meters (0 to 16,194 feet).Mean = 316.080 meters (1,037.008 feet), Standard Deviation = 797.820 based on 143 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Coumarouna odorata Aubl.
  2. Coumarouna tetraphylla (Benth.)Aubl.
  3. Dipteryx odorata (Aublet) Willd.
  4. Dipteryx odorata Aubl.
  5. Dipteryx tetraphylla Benth.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Cavalcante de Lima H., 1992-1993

Place of publication : Sp. pl. 3(2):910. 1802

Name verified on 28-Oct-1988 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 06-Aug-2002

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Dipteryx

There are approximately 15 species in this genus:

D. alata (Baru) · D. casiquiarensis · D. charapilla · D. coreaca · D. emarginata · D. lacunifera (Castanha De Burro) · D. magnifica (Cumarurana) · D. micrantha (Charapilla) · D. odorata (Coumarou) · D. oleifera (Almendro) · D. parviflora · D. polyphylla (Cumaru) · D. punctata (Cumaru) · D. rosea (Charapilla) · D. sp.

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 29, 2008:

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Footnotes

Last Revised: 2008-09-13